Hey there!
You arrived here because you heard about the Women's History Project someplace, right? You heard that I'm re-writing the history books to include women, right?
Well, you heard it right. I am collecting women's stories. I want to know who you are, who your mother was and who your grandmothers were. Both of them. These women all had stories.
With the family becoming smaller, we don't live in multi-generational homes, so the stories are being lost and forgotten.
Tell me the basics:
The pertinent dates -- birth and death, marriage date(s), what year was the first, second or fifth kid born? Live or stillbirth? What were the circumstances - home, midwife, in the fields...
How did your women progenitors work or not work? What were/are the patterns of health and wellness? Any special recipes handed down? Quilts? Afgans? Sayings?
Tell the family stories - "Mom was in school, about 9 years old. She had to get home to feed the ducks, but one of the ducks was missing....." Any stories like these... Stories of bullying, accomplishments, pie contests, sack races, whatever...
These stories help put her in context with her times. The Depression, the War Years...
Who was the one who always made folks well? Who was the one who always cooked the cakes/pies? Who was it who made the clothes? Who was it told you about becoming a woman?
Tell the stuff that doesn't seem all that important. You would be surprised what it can mean when taken in context.
For instance, my mom told of having stones thrown after her by kids on the way home from school. It was because of the German foster home she was in - it was 1942... So this insignificant item had a lot of meat to it.
Please tell your friends. Let's get this project going. We need to help our sisters - we need to change the world.
When you've completed your story, there is a submission section on the menu. Use that link to submit your story. It should go to email. Your story will not be shared generally like a comment on a post. If you would like that, you can pick and choose and post your comments...
Thank you one and all for participating in this.
You arrived here because you heard about the Women's History Project someplace, right? You heard that I'm re-writing the history books to include women, right?
Well, you heard it right. I am collecting women's stories. I want to know who you are, who your mother was and who your grandmothers were. Both of them. These women all had stories.
With the family becoming smaller, we don't live in multi-generational homes, so the stories are being lost and forgotten.
Tell me the basics:
The pertinent dates -- birth and death, marriage date(s), what year was the first, second or fifth kid born? Live or stillbirth? What were the circumstances - home, midwife, in the fields...
How did your women progenitors work or not work? What were/are the patterns of health and wellness? Any special recipes handed down? Quilts? Afgans? Sayings?
Tell the family stories - "Mom was in school, about 9 years old. She had to get home to feed the ducks, but one of the ducks was missing....." Any stories like these... Stories of bullying, accomplishments, pie contests, sack races, whatever...
These stories help put her in context with her times. The Depression, the War Years...
Who was the one who always made folks well? Who was the one who always cooked the cakes/pies? Who was it who made the clothes? Who was it told you about becoming a woman?
Tell the stuff that doesn't seem all that important. You would be surprised what it can mean when taken in context.
For instance, my mom told of having stones thrown after her by kids on the way home from school. It was because of the German foster home she was in - it was 1942... So this insignificant item had a lot of meat to it.
Please tell your friends. Let's get this project going. We need to help our sisters - we need to change the world.
When you've completed your story, there is a submission section on the menu. Use that link to submit your story. It should go to email. Your story will not be shared generally like a comment on a post. If you would like that, you can pick and choose and post your comments...
Thank you one and all for participating in this.
