Going Whole Hog...And Goose
Making sorghum syrup In researching this novel, it didn't come as such a surprise that most women in the early 20th century were saddled with an inordinate amount of often dirty, strenuous, and downright dangerous labor. Women worked with chemicals like lye and boric acid, handled open laundry fires and sizzling stoves (while wearing dresses too easily caught in the flames), hauled water and lifted huge sacks of flour and meal, handled raw meat, and were constantly threatened by snakes, scorpions, and other critters as the worked in their fields and gardens. Women from the middle and "lower classes" also worked outside the home as seamstresses, servants, and factory attendants. As Leola pu...