| Author | Gebby, Margaret Dow.
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| Title | Farm wife : a self-portrait, 1886-1896 / edited by Virginia E. McCormick.
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| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Published | Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1990.
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| Description | ix, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-8138-1212-7 (alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-233) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Farm. Weather ; Buildings, equipment, and hired help ; Crops ; Livestock -- Home. Housekeeping and furnishings ; Food ; Butter and egg business ; Clothing ; Health and home nursing ; Parenting ; Building a house for a son and his bride -- Leisure and culture. Leisure ; Holidays ; Celebrations ; County fair ; Excursions -- Community. School ; Religion ; Government ; Transportation and communication.
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| Subjects | Bellefontaine Region (Ohio) -- Biography.
Bellefontaine Region (Ohio) -- Social life and customs.
Farm life -- Ohio -- Bellefontaine Region -- History -- 19th century.
Farmers' spouses -- Ohio -- Bellefontaine Region -- Diaries.
Gebby, Margaret Dow -- Diaries.
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| Other Authors | McCormick, Virginia E. (Virginia Evans), 1934-
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| LC Card Number | 90-35046//r94 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: F 34 X L831 G2
mq26311: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 19217] |
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