Women

Do you ever think about what your female ancestor who maybe lived in Massachusetts or North Carolina or New York during the 18th, 19th or 20th century cooked for her family? Do you wonder if she had her own recipes, which was often the case, or if she had access to the two or three published cookbooks? Maybe you even have some of those old recipes. You might wonder what the cookbooks looked like from that time period. Well in 1615 in England Gervase Markham was the author of a publication entitled the English Huswive which included instruction in “Phisicke, …

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WOMEN’S DIARIES FROM THE 17th,  18th and 19th CENTURIES Have you ever read the diaries of colonial or pioneer women? If you haven’t do you know where to access them? There are numerous online resources that allow us as researchers a glimpse into the lives of our female ancestor’s peers. Granted the diaries are not our ancestors usually but still our female ancestors lives were likely similar to those in some of the diaries we are going to explore. DIARY OF MARTHA MOORE BALLARD This diary is a compelling and detailed diary begun on January 1, 1785 by Martha Ballard, a …

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