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A Farm of My Own:  Farmwifery in the 1900's  |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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 Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 08:52:00 AM
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Check out this amazing description written by a farm wife in the 1900's: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/farmwife.htm . It's just incredible...
XOXO, Libbie
EDIT: I took the "." out of the link - thanks for pointing that out!!!
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 11:16:30 AM
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Wow, Libbie! What a cold dose of reality that was! What a difference a century makes! Just reading a book was a stolen luxury. And she didn't even want to get married in the first place. I feel humble in the face of the facts of her life. And I think it's remarkable that she didn't let her circumstances bury her spirit - she still took the time to gather fresh flowers and put them in her hair! I salute her! Thanks for that link.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
Edited by - Miss Bee Haven on Nov 19 2007 11:21:10 AM |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 11:22:09 AM
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Libbie... incredible indeed. She doesn't need a husband, does she?! But it's a sad, lonely story. I hope her children grew up to love and respect her.
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 11:27:27 AM
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Wow is right! I'm tired just reading about all she accomplished in a single day in May of 1900, and to think she gets up the next day and does it all again.
Jo
"Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!" |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 7:59:58 PM
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How interesting to see what her days were like. It would be very interesting to read one from the same time period of a woman who considers herself "practical".
Doesn't that entry make you so glad that we women of today have the right to choose the paths our lives take? It makes me appreciate my right to vote and work outside the home if I so choose!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 9:12:17 PM
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I love reading about our "pioneering" farm women from generations ago. My daughter and I have watched "Frontier House" about fifty times. We finally bought our own copy to watch because I was worried we'd wear out the library's tapes. (Yes, I am a geek)
I have read anything related to the "Little House" books and Laura Ingalls Wilder about twenty times. I have also read everything the library near where I work has too.
I never get bored reading about their lives. I however, would probably grow tired of the hard life and no options.
Indoor plumbing and heat would win out in a hurry.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 9:17:45 PM
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I really like her opinions about marriage. It just proves that the little quirks that ALL couples have is soooo normal! I would love to meet her today! I would love to see her chasing the cows! And twice a day fresh flowers! It's nice that although she didn't want to be married that she knew he loved her and just dealt with the circumstances.
Fun stuff!
Cristine
PS. Next summer when it's really hot, we should challenge ourselves to rise early work hard and get that much stuff done! Could you imagine what we would acomplish in one day? |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 11:36:15 PM
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I loved reading this!!
Kate..I loved frontier house too and really need to buy a copy. Katiedid has the book too..I borrowed it for months and finally returned it. Have you seen the book??? Very good!!
Boy I only wish I could get that much done so early...but heck..here I am after midnight and still up...
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 04:35:46 AM
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What an interesting website! I could not get your specific page to open (said it was expired), but then I went to the home page, and bookmarked it. That is a site I will visit again.
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 05:40:27 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by jpbluesky
What an interesting website! I could not get your specific page to open (said it was expired), but then I went to the home page, and bookmarked it. That is a site I will visit again.
Psalm 51: 10-13
This link worked for me. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/farmwife.htm
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 06:15:24 AM
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Pioneer Women were just amazing as women of today are. My husband grew up on his grandparents farm in Monroe Wa. My daughter is doing the family history and she has his grandmother's death certificate and her cause of death says 'exhaustion' and this is a 20th century farmwife. Life was hard in her time too. I think she died in the 1940's and not real old either, just worn out. MB
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com www.holyhouses-day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 7:35:48 PM
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Yes, Aunt Jenny, I have read the book too.
Loved it almost as much as the dvd.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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aimeeravae
True Blue Farmgirl
341 Posts
Aimee
Deer River
MN
USA
341 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2007 : 07:31:47 AM
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There is an episode of Dinner:Impossible where he had to cook the entire meal in a colonial home, in a hearth, with period tools. They were at one of those period towns. It was very interesting to watch someone so dependent on modern convienence use a whisk made of pine needles.
Aimee
http://laplantewardklopf.blogspot.com/
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LynnMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
612 Posts
Lynn
Staunton
IL
USA
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2007 : 10:10:14 AM
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Wow that was really great to read. Being a farmer's wife I can relate, especially about the not really wanting to be one in the first place. I'm thankful for running water the most. We have a pasture with no water too, but I can use my truck to haul water. I never thought about that inconveniece in the pioneer days.
http://diaryofafarmerswife.blogspot.com/ |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2007 : 2:32:31 PM
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Unreal! I can't believe she didn't drop to the floor before 9:00! God Bless Farmgirls!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~est. 1971
Farmgirl Sister #43
Sisters on the Fly #595
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 08:12:24 AM
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Thanks for sharing this, Anne! It makes me appreciate the 'easy' life I have. Yes, we work hard, we tend the animals and we hoe the garden, but we still have it so much better than she did! I enjoyed reading it.
from the hearts of paradise... |
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