tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513369980286068005.post4247464835782020303..comments2023-06-13T06:17:50.123-07:00Comments on The Mirror Magazine: Redeeming "Women's Studies"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513369980286068005.post-30184750699986335792013-12-05T19:19:48.293-08:002013-12-05T19:19:48.293-08:00Thanks, Julie! I'll have to check that one out...Thanks, Julie! I'll have to check that one out, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517073049212265685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513369980286068005.post-80896670641698448722013-12-05T12:39:01.200-08:002013-12-05T12:39:01.200-08:00Such a good post! I love Charms for the Easy Life ...Such a good post! I love Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbs, which chronicles the lives of three women (grandmother, daughter, granddaughter/narrator) in North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845051786114528609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513369980286068005.post-61062437585672741312013-12-04T17:12:46.575-08:002013-12-04T17:12:46.575-08:00I agree about primary sources -- "Incidents,&...I agree about primary sources -- "Incidents," which I mentioned, was written by a former slave, had eye-opening views of motherhood and religion that I didn't learn in school. Thanks for the titles -- I'll have to check those out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517073049212265685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513369980286068005.post-64497644310674801842013-12-04T17:08:53.371-08:002013-12-04T17:08:53.371-08:00I enjoy reading primary sources that help me under...I enjoy reading primary sources that help me understand the daily life of historical women as well as their beliefs and mindset. For example, there are a lot of Civil War-era women's diaries that have been published by small presses. I've enjoyed reading To Raise Myself a Little: The Diaries and Letters of Jennie, a Georgia Teacher by Amelia Akehurst Lines (a Northern woman who taught school in the South) and A Diary from Dixie by Mary Chesnut (wealthy Southern woman: complete contrast to the previous diary). Anna Mussmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631139113615066986noreply@blogger.com