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00:00:03 - Women's work on the farm (milking).

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00:00:16 - Care of animals (Horses, colts, pigs, sheep).

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00:01:52 - Knitting with raw wool from their own sheep.

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00:03:06 - Mrs. Jeanquart driving the tractor in the field.

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00:03:24 - Mrs. Jeanquart's children on the farm (ages they left).

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00:03:55 - The women helped with planting and haying.

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00:04:14 - Double duty for women: in the field and in the home.

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00:04:36 - Acreage of the farm.

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00:04:50 - Crops planted (peas, oats, rye, barley, wheat, corn).

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00:05:51 - Dried peas hauled and sold at Forestville.

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00:07:17 - Farm structures built before Mrs. Jeanquart arrived.

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00:08:06 - Social gatherings (quilting, barn raising).

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00:09:43 - Dr. Kerscher - local doctor.

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00:10:26 - Children seldom got sick.

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00:10:56 - Children born in the house. Dr. Kerscher attended with Mr. Jeanquart's mother. She stayed in bed 9 days.

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00:12:41 - Lived 10 years with husband's parents.

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00:13:14 - Mrs. Jeanquart's parents stayed with her brother. ("Old folks" remained in the home).

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00:14:02 - Had very few home remedies.

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00:14:49 - Mrs. Jeanquart's own childhood on the farm (brothers and sisters).

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00:15:54 - Courtship between Mr. and Mrs. Jeanquart (Went to dances at Rosiere).

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00:17:37 - No real pressure to marry a Belgian.

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00:18:14 - Met husband at the dance at Rosiere (went with brother to dance or parents to Kermis).

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00:20:14 - Never thought of working before marriage. Stayed with parents if they didn't marry.

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00:21:15 - No opinion on Women's Liberation.

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00:21:41 - Belgian Food (Jut, Trippe, Canning Meat-pork).

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00:25:34 - Summer Kitchen.

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00:26:44 - Community gatherings at Namur's "Belgian Inn".

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00:27:40 - Women seldom involved in politics.

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00:28:31 - Never thought of becoming a nun.

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00:29:00 - Went to grade school in Namur, where she learned to speak English.

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