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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
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USA
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 Posted - Mar 23 2017 : 7:37:18 PM
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Shannon I watched Oliver Stone's Untold History of the US on Netflix a couple months ago and it was so interesting. So many things in there that I'd never known. The episodes dealing with World War II really made me look at the whole thing in a different way.
Debbie I got the Beef book today! I have a couple library books to get through before I start that one, but thank you so much for sending it to me! |
- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3059 Posts
Debbie
Madras
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USA
3059 Posts |
Posted - Mar 23 2017 : 7:44:28 PM
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| You are welcome! Wow...that was fast!!! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2017 : 2:02:52 PM
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To earn the expert badge for Her-Story, I needed to read about two influential women, one from the 1900s and the other from the 1800s, then share five things for each that I learned.
For the woman from the 1800s, I read about Clara Barton. Perhaps Clara's biggest influence was her father... he had taught her "...next to heaven, our highest duty is to serve our country and support its laws. ("Clara Barton Courage Under Fire," by Janet and Geoff Benge, pg 75). In order to help her country during the Civil War, she first wrote letters to her home state of Massachusetts telling of the horrors she had seen in DC. This resulted in receiving boxes of supplies. Desperate to help more, she started going to battlefields to get the wounded men to a hospital quicker, so that they could receive medical attention prior to infection setting in. She also started caring for the men there on the frontline. Eventually it was Clara Barton that introduced the Red Cross to the United States. At the age of 83 she resigned as the president of the American Red Cross, but continued to work relentlessly to life for others up until she passed at 91. Ironically, she was born on Christmas Day... and died on Good Friday... a wonderful life that exemplified the heart of Christ.
Corrie Ten Boon was another war hero, but this time of World War II. As a Christian in Holland, Corrie did everything she could to help the Jews in an underground rescue attempt. But it was not just her, but rather her entire family that was involved! In their house, they had a special room that was perfect for hiding... it was called the Angel's Den. Found out to be aiding the Jews, Corrie Ten Boon, at the age of 54, and her extended family was taken as prisoners, with Corrie being extremely ill. Her father died in prison only ten days after his capture. Corrie and her elder sister Betsie were kept in the prison. They were eventually moved to a German concentration camp. Corrie's older sister Betsy eventually died at the concentration camp. Only three days later, Corrie Ten Boon was told she was to be released... as soon as she was healthy enough. She ended up spending about eleven months in prison. After her release, Corrie spoke about her past in homes and churches. About five months later, hitler was dead and Holland was free of the Nazis. She later was given a 56 room home that she used o house victims of World war II - Jews that had hidden, Dutch that had lost their homes, and orphans. She turned her own home into a home for members of the National Socialist Bond. She continued in her work to help others, as well as telling her story, with the greatest emphasis on God's forgiveness. She too passed at 91 years of age. |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3059 Posts
Debbie
Madras
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USA
3059 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2017 : 2:35:43 PM
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| What inspiring women!!! They lived and saw things that we hopefully never will. |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3059 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3059 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2017 : 2:46:23 PM
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For my INT level badge for Her-Story, I read a biography about Sacajawea called "Bird Woman". She was born in 1788 and died in 1812, only 24 years old. When we was 12 she was kidnapped by another tribe and raised in a very loving home. Her new father ended up "losing" her in a gambling game to Toussaint Charbonneau, who was at least 20 years older than she and already had one wife. She would soon be expecting their son, Baptiste. When she was 6 months pregnant, the Lewis and Clark party camped with them during the winter and they realized what an asset she would be for their expedition that following spring. She and her husband accompanied them on the trip that lasted from 1805-1806. She was invaluable as a translator between the different Indian tribes that they encountered. What was so impressive was how she could remember the country and terrain of her homeland after having lived with her new family for so long. She was able to guide the party down rivers and through what is now known as Bozeman Pass in Montana.
My favorite scene from the book was when they were headed back to the East Coast. They were just coming through NE Oregon and Sacajawea was riding bareback and carrying her infant son AND being chased by one of the local Indians who was out to get her. She managed to carry her baby against her, with a blanket wrapped around them both, with ONE hand and hold onto the reins of her RUNNING horse with the other....AND outran her pursuer!!! I seriously doubt I wouldn't been able to do that!
She and her husband did not have a happy marriage. I thought that it was unfair that after being such an invaluable member of the expedition, her husband was paid $500.33 and given 320 acres of land...and she was compensated nothing. She later had a daughter but died shortly after childbirth from what was thought to be typhoid fever. She lived a very short but adventure filled life. |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2017 : 3:47:56 PM
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| Wow Debbie! I did not know all of that about Sacajawea!!! I may need to look into seeing if I can borrow a copy of that book! Didn't Pocahontas die from Typhoid Fever as well??? |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Apr 05 2017 : 06:19:39 AM
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| Thanks for sharing all of that, ladies! I remember reading about Corrie Ten Boon and Clara Barton in elementary school, but I didn't remember all of that. It was a good refresher! I didn't know much about Sacajawea at all. What an awesome story about her riding on horseback! |
- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3059 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3059 Posts |
Posted - Apr 05 2017 : 06:52:37 AM
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| Google said that Pocahantas died from either pneumonia or TB. I found the book about Sacajawea at our library...it's called Bird Woman and is a pretty quick read. |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3059 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3059 Posts |
Posted - Apr 05 2017 : 5:32:18 PM
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Today I applied for the EXP level of my Her-story badge. I decided to read "Mush On and Smile"...the story about Kate Rockwell, also known as Klondike Kate. She was born in Kansas in 1876 in a somewhat unstable home. She and her mother moved to Chile when she was 5 and she lived there until she was 18. After that, she moved to NY where she performed in vaudeville houses. She made her way to Spokane and when she heard about the Klondike gold rush going on in the Yukon, she headed there and arrived in Dawson in 1900. It is said that she dressed as a man to get over the Chilkoot Pass because the Mounties weren't allowing women to cross! She joined the Savoy Theatrical Company and became famous for the "flame dance"...where she would dance amidst 200 ft of red chiffon...and is said to have made $750 a night entertaining the miners.
After leaving the Yukon and performing up and down the West Coast and sustaining knee and ankle injuries, she decided to retire. She sold her house in Seattle and bought a horse and 6 shooter and made the trip to Brothers, OR...40 miles west of Bend. She is one of only a few homesteaders that were successful in proving up on a homestead that did not have a water source. She used to be seen working in her garden or grubbing sagebrush wearing her fancy vaudeville gowns, dance slippers and fancy hats!
After proving up on her homestead, she sold it and moved into Bend, where she became known as Aunt Kate. She built a boarding house and spent her time doing charity work, always helping those less fortunate, even when she barely had enough to take care of even herself. She favored the local firehouse, cooking for them and helping feed the crew after fires.
She was married 3 times and died peacefully in her sleep in 1957 in Sweet Home, OR.
The other book that I read was the new biography about Laura Ingalls Wilder, titled "Pioneer Girl". This book was not what I was expecting but was so full of information that wasn't included in her Little House book series. This was the story BEHIND the stories. Laura's daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, an author herself, helped her mother get her books published. The books first started out as stories sold to magazines and then later became books. Rose did much of the editing. I learned how they would combine stories to make them more interesting. The editor of this book researched every date and name mentioned in any of the Little House books to find out more details. A lot of the time, names were changed. The character of Nellie Oleson was in fact, a combination of 3 different girls that Laura went to school with that she did not like. The Ingalls family lived in Burr Oak, IA for 2 years that this chapter of their lives never made it into the Little House books. This books gave a little more insight into what the actual personalities of the Ingalls family were like in real life. After reading this and learning about all of the different places that they lived, I can now understand why there are so many different LIW museums in the US! They are on my bucket list to see one of these days! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2017 : 06:12:39 AM
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I love that Kate gardened in her fancy dresses, hats and slippers! What a delightfully eccentric picture! I loved hearing about her and about Laura Ingalls Wilder. The Pioneer Girl sounds like a very interesting read.
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- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2017 : 06:23:21 AM
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| I own the Pioneer Girl and LOVE it!!! I'm hoping to use the Prairie Primer next year for the three middle children, and am hoping to implement some of the information from Pioneer Girl into the study!!! |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3059 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3059 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2017 : 06:48:30 AM
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| I just found a radio recording from the 50s by the Bend radio station where they interviewed Kate Rockwell. I got to hear a bit of it yesterday but am waiting for my new library card so I can hear the entire thing. It was so exciting to me to hear her actual voice! She did sound like a kindly Aunt Kate! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2017 : 1:35:50 PM
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| Ha! That's so cool! |
- Erin - Sister # 3762
Farmgirl of the Month - March 2016
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3059 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3059 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2017 : 08:53:34 AM
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| Good Morning, Girls! I have finished 3 books that I would be happy to send to anyone who would like to read them for badges...."The Secret Life of Bees", "In Defense of Food" and "Bees, Nature's Little Wonders". |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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