, geographically, of this broad land; as to parentage, from two old America families, both originally from New England. One side counts its entrance into America with the Mayflower, and lived not so far from its landing place—that is, near Boston—until my father
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America. Although many families still upheld the ideal of a woman’s place being in the home, the definition of home had expanded beyond four walls. The lines between public life and private life blurred. Progressives feared that corruption, crime, sexual
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’s life.
Jane graduated in 1881. For most Rockford women, post-graduate life meant marriage and family. Jane, however, wanted something else. A domestic life seemed to be a waste of the knowledge and skills she gained at Rockford. Jane believed there was
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believe the nearby primary school offered a strong enough education for girls. When Ellen was a teenager, the family moved to a different town so that Ellen could attend one of the few high schools in the region accepting female students.
Ellen learned to
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women, becoming a picture bride was a chance not only to fulfill the traditional obligation of marriage, but also to escape a life of poverty. But they did so at a great risk. Most picture brides did not speak or read English. Many were shocked when
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childhood. Her father was violent and abusive and her mother struggled with depression.
Emma moved with her family to St. Petersburg, Russia, when she was 12 years old. It was there that she first encountered the growing revolutionary movement in Russia and
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Together for Home and Family
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Rose O’Neill, Together for Home and Family, 1915. Courtesy David O’Neill.
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Fighting for Healthy Women and Families
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Advertisement for Margaret Sanger’s Clinic, 1916. Collection of Ann Lewis and Mike Spondell
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ten children from his first marriage and five children from his second marriage to Elizabeth’s mother, Mary Jane Kennedy.
Michael Cochran’s rise from mill worker to mill owner to judge meant his family lived very comfortably. Unfortunately, he died
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.” According to reports, these women work until the day of childbirth. Location: Augusta, Georgia, 1909. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Family working at home.
Photo at 9 P.M. Home of Patrick McGurl (mechanic
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