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I actually look up to Ballard. She is a very strong woman. She raised 6 children, was a wife, became a midwife at the age of 42, practiced other types of medicine, produced clothing, quilted and did other odd jobs. She seemed to be very strong willed. I did have sympathy for her because she was often ill due to her line of work and because she was at home a lot while her husband was out working or doing other things. She was very short with her words, but I couldn't tell if this was due to bitterness, an uninteresting day, or if she lacked the type of education it took to write very well. Page 63 states that the passages were taken from an edited version that shortened her entries, but I wrote my first paper on her diary and that version was the same way, so I'm assuming all entries were already pretty short(?). --Ashley V. | I actually look up to Ballard. She is a very strong woman. She raised 6 children, was a wife, became a midwife at the age of 42, practiced other types of medicine, produced clothing, quilted and did other odd jobs. She seemed to be very strong willed. I did have sympathy for her because she was often ill due to her line of work and because she was at home a lot while her husband was out working or doing other things. She was very short with her words, but I couldn't tell if this was due to bitterness, an uninteresting day, or if she lacked the type of education it took to write very well. Page 63 states that the passages were taken from an edited version that shortened her entries, but I wrote my first paper on her diary and that version was the same way, so I'm assuming all entries were already pretty short(?). --Ashley V. | ||
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| + | I would agree with Ashley and with many of the other posts that argue that she enjoyed her life. Yes, it was stressful, but at the same time, she not only was a midwife who helped the mothers and children at the time of birth. But, after birth, it shows she cared for the kids after they were born. She had love towards them and asked and cared for them. Also, her life can be compared to women of today who are mothers, take care of the household and children, and still have time to take care of the husband as well; would we be questioning the lives of those woman today? I think it's important to realize also how involved she was in the community, she also participated in funerals. In addition to Mary Beth's post, I guess she had more say in town matters and the way things were done than the average woman? --Aqsa Z. | ||
