FFF--Growing Up in Coal Country...As a Female
The daily life of a woman in the Pennsylvania coal region during the 19 th and 20 th Centuries is clearly defined in Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s Growing Up in Coal Country (copy right 1996). Gender specific domestic household duties were completed by the women. Then men worked in the mines and provided for the family. Young women were expected to learn all the household skills to take care of a home and family. “Throughout coal country, mothers and daughters worked side by side. For them, Monday meant wash day; Tuesday, ironing; Wednesday, baking; Thursday, sewing; Friday, cleaning; Saturday, shopping and bathing; and Sunday, church, rest and recreation.” Caption to the side of the picture: On Mondays, women washed the clothes. Canal Museum at Hugh Moore Park, Easton, Pennsylvania Text in the picture: [...]large brick ovens erected in the backyards. Bread was a staple of every miner's lunch, and depending on the size of the family, twenty ...