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I thought it was cool when she discussed how great of a job the women did in the field. "By and by, I observed how skillfully they drove the horses round and round the wheat-field" and "although they did not keep up with the men, their work was done with more precision and nicety, and their sheaves had an artistic finish that lacked made by men" (262). It goes to show that they truly cared about doing the work and perhaps these women weren't bitter about their husbands not being there to do the work. --Ashley V. | I thought it was cool when she discussed how great of a job the women did in the field. "By and by, I observed how skillfully they drove the horses round and round the wheat-field" and "although they did not keep up with the men, their work was done with more precision and nicety, and their sheaves had an artistic finish that lacked made by men" (262). It goes to show that they truly cared about doing the work and perhaps these women weren't bitter about their husbands not being there to do the work. --Ashley V. | ||
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| + | Wow, Mary Livermore writes beautifully. I was impressed by the scale of the efforts she describes, like the 1,000 shirts a day made in Boston - imagine the dedication that would be needed to organize that so quickly and at such a grand scale without Facebook! I also was struck by the seriousness she assigns to things women did like ignoring fashion. That sounds like such a small thing now, but with the amount of fabric needed for bandages and uniforms and the amount of fabric a new dress would have taken at the time, I suppose that actually would have been a significant contribution in and of itself. -- Katie C. | ||
== Louticia Jackson’s letter in 1863 == | == Louticia Jackson’s letter in 1863 == | ||
