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Hooch and Hell Raisin’: Women Bootleggers
Women bootleggers put men to shame in the days of Prohibition. Women…
Right On, Sister! The Feminization of Farming in North America
There has always been a female face to agriculture: the tough homesteader…
Homesteaders from Across the Waves: Immigrant Homesteaders
While the question of immigration is on the boil in America, and…
Peboan and Seegwun (Winter and Spring)
Peboan and Seegwun is a Chippewa allegory. This is another example of…
Grandma Moses: A Primitive Freshness
She was an octogenarian, an artist, a naturalist, a visionary, a farm…
From Starvation to Frozen Dinners in a Few Thousand Years: The History of Refrigeration
It was strawberry season again. Strawberries are so good and so inexpensive…
The Corn Story (The Origin of Corn)
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800-1842) also known by her Objibwa name, which is…
Covered Wagons Heading West: Life on the Oregon Trail
Amelia Stewart Knight knew the cross-country journey west would be a rough…
Mollie Dorsey Sanford: Frontier Wife, Frontier Life
An intrepid, independent soul, Mollie Dorsey was a homesteader in her teens,…