Florence and Alice Leduc were sisters who founded and ran Hastings Needle Work out of their home in Hastings, MN from 1888-1922. The story of these two young women who used their creativity and needlepoint skills to create a successful business during a time when this was quite atypical for women was very inspiring. I thought this would be a good topic to explore for a concert celebrating women given in Hastings, MN, where the Leduc sisters lived and worked.