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Mother and Baby: 1924
Submitted by aldaigle on Mon, 05/14/2007 - 12:01am.
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This is my grandmother and great-grandmother, Bernadine & Elsie Buck, in the wheat country of Davenport, Washington. View full size.
Simple Times
Submitted by A non mouse on Mon, 09/17/2007 - 3:27am.
This is a beautiful picture -Thank you
Looks like Kansas
Submitted by kevhum on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 1:09am.
Reminds me of the front yard of Dorothy's house from The Wizard of Oz.
Laundry
Submitted by MabelNormand on Sun, 08/19/2007 - 9:15pm.
this picture is really something. i even like the way the shadows cast on the grass!
Lost
Submitted by Mimsykid on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 10:31am.
The joy and beauty of "women's work" have been lost to us.
Staying home with a child has become a betrayal to feminism; working, to the ultra-right, is tantamount to sin.
I've worked in an office all my life, and stayed home with a child. I can't imagine not having a career--but the pleasures of nurturing, and making a home, have been the most fulfilling to me -- as sure as the breeze that blows the laundry dry.
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