Test your knowledge of historical trades and traditional jobs. "Level 1" features terminology which should be familiar to many English speakers, but some questions may still prove tricky. See how well you can do. Notice: All questions, answers, and explanations may not be … [Read more...] about Traditional Trades & Professions Quiz – Level 1 (Easy)
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Romanticized Myth or Pioneering Reality? [Mid-19th Century Sunbonnets, Part 2]
The Sunbonnet: Genuine frontier clothing, or inaccurate cliché? Picture in your mind a woman of the 1800's living on the American frontier. What do you see? She is probably riding in a covered wagon or hanging laundry nearby a log cabin. This woman is likely wearing a printed … [Read more...] about Romanticized Myth or Pioneering Reality? [Mid-19th Century Sunbonnets, Part 2]
Snarky skincare advice for backwoods women [Mid-19th Century Sunbonnets, Part 1]
Why did 19th century women wear their sun bonnets, or not? Women who don't wear bonnets... ...according to a Missouri newspaper column published in 1849. * A rennet-bag is the fourth stomach of a ruminant (cow), a traditional natural source of enzymes for making … [Read more...] about Snarky skincare advice for backwoods women [Mid-19th Century Sunbonnets, Part 1]
Vintage Book Review: A Woman’s Story of Pioneer Illinois by Christiana Tillson [A Vibrant Retrospective]
A first-person account of log cabin living as a young wife and mother. Most of us can name at least one or two historically significant memoirs, such as Elie Wiesel's Night or the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Such first-person accounts of history add richness … [Read more...] about Vintage Book Review: A Woman’s Story of Pioneer Illinois by Christiana Tillson [A Vibrant Retrospective]
Project Log: 18th Century Handsewn Shortgown Jacket
Intellectual Effort and Tedium I hold great respect for the good people who made it through life in the tough centuries before my birth. I want to know them better and appreciate their ways of life, and I believe they were more like us than many will admit. As a twenty-first … [Read more...] about Project Log: 18th Century Handsewn Shortgown Jacket
