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Creative Women, a Vermont-based company, began in Ethiopia. During her travels Ellen Dorsch saw sex workers training to be hairdressers, only to find there were no jobs available. She visited rehab centers where women were sewing beautiful tablecloths, but the only market for their products was a small bazaar for ex-pats living in Addis Ababa. She realized that by finding markets in the United States, an opportunity existed to improve women's lives and to maintain a centuries-old art form by introducing the beauty of Ethiopian textiles. |
