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I really enjoyed reading this article as well. Not only did it feed my Laura Ingalls Wilder fascination, it was a great window into the daily lives of 19th century self-sufficiency farmers. The quote "a Woman's Work is never done" pretty much sums up this article. I think of the magazine Real Simple and imagine them frantically trying to figure out a way to dish out tips to these women in order for them to simplify their lives. First of all, I want to rag on that song towards the end where it lists all the chores a woman can do, yet she is "dumb, dumb, dumb." Well, of course she is! Look at all the work she has to do; families feel they don't have the need to educate a girl because all she needs to know is the insanely long list of chores she will eventually have to do. Moving to the end of the article, where Faragher talks about how women make "tanglible articles" out of the man's products. So while women are actually doing a majority of the work, it is hidden and out of public sight as men's work is more involved in the wider commercial and social circles. And though they may help bring the family with them into bigger social circles, it seems unfair that the women don't get the credit they deserve. Celia | I really enjoyed reading this article as well. Not only did it feed my Laura Ingalls Wilder fascination, it was a great window into the daily lives of 19th century self-sufficiency farmers. The quote "a Woman's Work is never done" pretty much sums up this article. I think of the magazine Real Simple and imagine them frantically trying to figure out a way to dish out tips to these women in order for them to simplify their lives. First of all, I want to rag on that song towards the end where it lists all the chores a woman can do, yet she is "dumb, dumb, dumb." Well, of course she is! Look at all the work she has to do; families feel they don't have the need to educate a girl because all she needs to know is the insanely long list of chores she will eventually have to do. Moving to the end of the article, where Faragher talks about how women make "tanglible articles" out of the man's products. So while women are actually doing a majority of the work, it is hidden and out of public sight as men's work is more involved in the wider commercial and social circles. And though they may help bring the family with them into bigger social circles, it seems unfair that the women don't get the credit they deserve. Celia | ||
| − | It's really nice to read about how important women were in a farming family. Yes the men do a lot of the manual labor as far as plowing and tending to the crops goes, but the women had to help men with the crops but also take care of the kids, the house and any of the items the family manufactured. Women did a lot more than they were given credit for and reading how important they were to a family's success is a nice change from the "women are jipped in every way" articles. -Kelly W | + | It's really nice to read about how important women were in a farming family. Yes the men do a lot of the manual labor as far as plowing and tending to the crops goes, but the women had to help men with the crops but also take care of the kids, the house and any of the items the family manufactured. Women did a lot more than they were given credit for and reading how important they were to a family's success is a nice change from the "women are jipped in every way" articles. -Kelly W |
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| + | I agree Kelly, most of the time it really doesn't seem as though women are given credit for the amount of work they do in the farming family. Every job on a farm is equally important in making sure that the farm runs. Without one task no matter who is responsible for it, it is necessary. -- Kellye Sorber | ||
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