By Jacquie Rogers One-room schoolhouses were the norm in 19th Century America, especially in the rural areas. In the West, they lingered on for many decades more, into the mid-20th Century. A one-room school in the area where I grew up closed in the late 1950s, and I remember that even years later, many...
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By Jacquie Rogers In the Old West, farm chores lasted from dawn to dark, and even after dark, mending clothes, soaping leather, and that sort of thing still had to be done. This list is typical of what a family would expect to accomplish before breakfast. The day starts just before first light, and...
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By Jacquie Rogers The happy-go-lucky childhood spent playing kickball and complaining about piano lessons is a modern phenomenon for all but the wealthy. Lower class children have always worked, and worked hard, especially in agrarian societies. But the Industrial Age brought machinery that could do the work of a dozen full-grown men, and a...
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by Jacquie Rogers History tends to mix up ruling women with criminal women in a way that doesn’t seem to happen to men. For example, Dido, Queen of Carthage, would be considered a founder and ruler had she been male. Then there’s the POV aspect. Joan d’Arc is a good example, where she’s a...
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by Jacquie Rogers I must admit to enjoying our soft and convenient way of life. I like canned and frozen foods, microwave ovens, central heat, and definitely cars. The local water district decided to test just how appreciative I was. I got out of bed this morning, only to discover we had no water....
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