Category: P.S.-We Existed
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FXBG – Ducking Stool for Scandalous Women
New episode on Spotify and YouTube! So, Imagine wooden cart wheels. You have a long wooden beam and at the end of the beam is a wooden seat. It’s kind of like a seesaw, except there’s only a seat on one end, and the other end is used to raise the beam up and down.…
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Nail Color a True Test of Character?
According to Barkham Burroughs, a person’s natural nail color tells more than their personal hygiene. It’s a sign of their personality and character. Who knew?! Perhaps the timeless saying, “I’m an excellent judge of character” was because those in at least 1889 knew the secret and made them experts, indeed. Perhaps we, educated women of…
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Life of a Pioneering Woman to Washington Frontier in 1853
It was 1853 and Spring was in full bloom when a 20-year-old woman and some friends decided to join a wagon train and move West. Most wagon trains migrating in the mid-late 19th century consisted of families and not single women, so she was uncommon and brave indeed. The identify of this woman is unknown…
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More bang for the buck?
The Roanoke Times in 1893 reported that Boston had approximately 185 men teaching in the Boston school system and 1,372 women. Ever wonder how the salaries really differed based on gender? Well, you can see here that men were paid an average of $246.06 per month and women $70.69. So men were paid 348% higher…
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Dr. Cordelia Hickox- First woman physician in Iowa, first to enroll at Cleveland Homeopathic College, banned because she’s a woman – graduates 10 years later
Cordelia Post was born in St. Lawrence, New York in 1827. At some point, her family moved to Ohio where she met Charles W. Hickox. At the age of 16, she and Charles married on September 25, 1843, at Bainbridge, Ohio. They had three children over the course of their 55-year marriage; a son and…
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Jesse Kightlinger died in 1864 while serving his country. His widow’s next step for survival changed a family’s name- over five generations later.
Jesse Kightlinger (b.1837) and his wife Margaret Allen Kightlinger (b.1841) were married in 1858 and lived in Warren County, PA when the Civil War began in 1861. Jesse was a laborer, Margaret kept house, and they had two young children, Leonard Lorenzo (b.1860) and Eva (b.1862). Jesse signed up to serve his country for the…
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A Small Group of Women Fight from 1877-1949 to Keep the City’s First Library Open
In 1877, the Fredericksburg Library and Lyceum Association was established to create the city’s library and offer public programs. A lyceum (according to Merriam-Webster) is a group or venue that offers public lectures and entertainment. The Association’s Board of Trustees consisted of seven men: Rev. James P. Smith, ex-Lieut. Governor John L. Marye, J.N. Barney,…
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Rebellious Corset 