Women's Work: Visualizing Data into Cross Stitch

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Breadwinning mothers are far more likely to handle family tasks and responsibilities than breadwinning fathers.
Breadwinning mothers are far more likely to handle family tasks and responsibilities than breadwinning fathers.

Women’s Work was created as a reaction to the discrimination that women, notably women of color, continue to face in both the workforce and at home. The medium of cross stitch, a form of art that tends to be labeled as kitsch and a women’s hobby craft, was intentionally utilized to emphasize the fact that women’s labor is routinely dismissed and undervalued.

Women with bachelor’s degrees have outnumbered men since 1994, while women with graduate school experience have outnumbered m
Women with bachelor’s degrees have outnumbered men since 1994, while women with graduate school experience have outnumbered m
To make the same amount that white men earn in one year (365 days), Asian women need to work 407 days, white women need to wo
To make the same amount that white men earn in one year (365 days), Asian women need to work 407 days, white women need to wo
LGBTQ women and women in leadership positions are likely to face sexual harassment at work.
LGBTQ women and women in leadership positions are likely to face sexual harassment at work.
Women are markedly absent from leadership and high-level roles at top companies.
Women are markedly absent from leadership and high-level roles at top companies.
Having children negatively impacts wages and earnings for women.
Having children negatively impacts wages and earnings for women.
Women on average make just 68% of what white men make, while Black women make 64% and Latina women make 54%.
Women on average make just 68% of what white men make, while Black women make 64% and Latina women make 54%.
Women face the largest gender pay gaps in Alabama, Louisiana, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Women face the largest gender pay gaps in Alabama, Louisiana, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Women are far less likely to be promoted than men, particularly Black and Latina women.
Women are far less likely to be promoted than men, particularly Black and Latina women.
Women employed full-time do more unpaid work and have less leisure time than men.
Women employed full-time do more unpaid work and have less leisure time than men.
Women who work are much more likely to sacrifice their careers for family than men who work.
Women who work are much more likely to sacrifice their careers for family than men who work.
The rate of women in the workforce peaked in 2000 at 60%—and has been in steady decline ever since.
The rate of women in the workforce peaked in 2000 at 60%—and has been in steady decline ever since.
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