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From This Place: Recollections of the Lives of Women in the 20th Century
The stories in this book are the result of an International Year of Older Persons project known as "A Grandmother's Legacy" initiated by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO). These legacies are nostalgic accounts that chronicle changes in people and places as these women experienced life in the 20th century. The voices that ring out from the pages are enhanced by period graphics and photographs.
178 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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March 30, 2025
A collection of about 125 amazing personal, living memories from Canadian women who were born around 1900-1920 and provided their submissions fornthos year 2000 publication.
Stark stories of hardships and poverty, growing up in the Great Depression, illness, taking care of babies with your husband away for years during WW2, gardening, canning, riding horse and cutter under buffalo-skin capes, getting a hand from a neighbour to get started making a living, and giving a hand to others. Women working in factories, nursing, teaching, and journalism.
Heartwarming stories of skating on the pond, barn dances, and farm fairs showcasing homemade sewing, baking, and garden produce. Anecdotes of seeing her first car, getting electricity, indoor plumbing, skimping to afford a laundry machine, and sharing ideas and support at Women's Institute.
Published by Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario.
Excerpt (edited):
This was where I was born and lived for 90 odd years.
From this place I went to school, married, raised a family, was widowed, employed, and retired.
From this place I lived among joys of children and from this place I felt sadness and loss.
From this place I lived through great changes, and from this place I lived the constants in the cycles of days and seasons.
Stark stories of hardships and poverty, growing up in the Great Depression, illness, taking care of babies with your husband away for years during WW2, gardening, canning, riding horse and cutter under buffalo-skin capes, getting a hand from a neighbour to get started making a living, and giving a hand to others. Women working in factories, nursing, teaching, and journalism.
Heartwarming stories of skating on the pond, barn dances, and farm fairs showcasing homemade sewing, baking, and garden produce. Anecdotes of seeing her first car, getting electricity, indoor plumbing, skimping to afford a laundry machine, and sharing ideas and support at Women's Institute.
Published by Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario.
Excerpt (edited):
This was where I was born and lived for 90 odd years.
From this place I went to school, married, raised a family, was widowed, employed, and retired.
From this place I lived among joys of children and from this place I felt sadness and loss.
From this place I lived through great changes, and from this place I lived the constants in the cycles of days and seasons.
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