Tag: diphtheria in19th century

• No Trophies for Effort!

  What if a shadowy stranger in New York offered you $200,000 (about what $10,000 was worth in the 1890’s) to walk across America in weird clothes and with only what you could carry. Would you go? Now imagine it’s before an electric grid and fast food. The newly built railroad tracks will be your only…

  Adrienne Morris

  May 17, 2016

  Books I’ve Known and Loved, Uncategorized, Women

  are women as strong as men?, bitter marriage, diphtheria in19th century, Victorian Women, walking across america