大约半个世纪以前的中国社会,在工艺美术领域,恐怕只有所谓“女红”一业,才是妇女的专有.此外就是从事窗花、剪纸、玩偶一类基本上属于“家务劳动”的民间艺术活动.近数十年来,随着生产发展、社会进步和中外文化经济交流的日益扩展,中国妇女在工艺美术领域的地位和作用已远非昔比.她们早已新军突起,成为中国工艺美术,特别是刺绣、织毯、玩具、编织、花画等主要行业中的主力军,甚至“整边天”.而在工艺美术领域里,与现代化工业生产和现代科学技术紧密相连的现代工业美术设计,则是在更为广阔的领域里,和广大人民的物质、文化生活关系更直接、更密切的工艺美术事业.在这方面,由于中国社会经济的长期落后,现代工业美术可说完全是一门新的艺术门类.它的起步虽然比较晚,但在中国那些为数不多的、有的现已谢世的老一辈工艺美术家、教育家的悉心培育下,发展还是迅速的.其中一批女设计艺术家、教育家也很快成长起来.随之她们又继承前代,继续培育了又一代女设计家和教育家. About half a century ago in Chinese society, in the field of arts and crafts, I am afraid that only the so-called “Red Ladies” industry is the exclusive possession of women. In addition, it is engaged in civil activities such as window grilles, paper-cuttings and dolls that basically belong to “domestic work” Arts and crafts.In recent decades, with the increasing development of production, social progress and the cultural exchange between China and foreign countries, the status and role of Chinese women in the field of arts and crafts are far behind and they have long been emerging as the New Army to become Chinese arts and crafts , Especially the main force in major industries such as embroidery, weaving blankets, toys, weaving, flowers and paintings, and even “the whole sky.” In the field of arts and crafts, modern industrial arts closely linked with modern industrial production and modern science and technology Design is a more direct and close cause of arts and crafts in the broader field and the material and cultural life of the vast majority of people. In this regard, modern industrial arts can be said to be entirely due to the long-term backwardness of China’s social economy A new art category. Although its start is relatively late, but in China, one of the few, some of the older artisans who have died, Under nurturing home, or the rapid development of which design group of female artists, educators quickly grow up. They will also inherited the previous generation, continue to nurture another generation of women designers and educators.