Happy March! It's also Women's History Month.
The quote is by one of my favorite historians, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
She won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1991 for A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785--1812. A few years ago there was also a wonderful PBS documentary based on the book.
Check out more at this fascinating website: www.dohistory.org.
Other works include: The Age of Homespun and Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750.
And on a realted subject near and dear, check out No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting , by Anne Macdonald.
Wishing you your place in history - - and if you are of the female persuasion, misbehave whenever possible!
I love A Midwife's tale. Isn't it a great book. I gave to to my MIL a few years ago I loved it so much, and knew she would too.
Thanks for the recommendations, I'll have to check some of those out.
BTW- I'm the Yarn Queen's Daughter, she told me to check out your blog. Very Fun.
Posted by: Duchess | March 02, 2007 at 01:30 AM
I had to read Midwife's tale for a class and while I found it fascinating it is also a bit of a tedious read (or maybe that is just me) I have to admit to skimming at times. Happy women's history month -- let's keep making it!!
Posted by: Jasmine | March 05, 2007 at 09:27 AM