The quality of this tape in terms of factual information is not very high, but the feeling and mood of what it was like to be a "Belgian woman on the farm" is very clear. What Mrs. Jeanquart says and doesn't say discloses her way of life and attitudes, which may or may not be common to many farming women.
Tape 1, Side 1, Part 1 - Introduction. [never recorded] Tape 1, Side 1, Part 2 - Women's work on the farm (milking). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 3 - Care of animals (Horses, colts, pigs, sheep). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 4 - Knitting with raw wool from their own sheep. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 5 - Mrs. Jeanquart driving the tractor in the field. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 6 - Mrs. Jeanquart's children on the farm (ages they left). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 7 - The women helped with planting and haying. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 8 - Double duty for women: in the field and in the home. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 9 - Acreage of the farm. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 10 - Crops planted (peas, oats, rye, barley, wheat, corn). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 11 - Dried peas hauled and sold at Forestville. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 12 - Farm structures built before Mrs. Jeanquart arrived. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 13 - Social gatherings (quilting, barn raising). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 14 - Dr. Kerscher - local doctor. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 15 - Children seldom got sick. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 16 - Children born in the house. Dr. Kerscher attended with Mr. Jeanquart's mother. She stayed in bed 9 days. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 17 - Lived 10 years with husband's parents. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 18 - Mrs. Jeanquart's parents stayed with her brother. ("Old folks" remained in the home). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 19 - Had very few home remedies. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 20 - Mrs. Jeanquart's own childhood on the farm (brothers and sisters). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 21 - Courtship between Mr. and Mrs. Jeanquart (Went to dances at Rosiere). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 22 - No real pressure to marry a Belgian. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 23 - Met husband at the dance at Rosiere (went with brother to dance or parents to Kermis). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 24 - Never thought of working before marriage. Stayed with parents if they didn't marry. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 25 - No opinion on Women's Liberation. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 26 - Belgian Food (Jut, Trippe, Canning Meat-pork). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 27 - Summer Kitchen. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 28 - Community gatherings at Namur's "Belgian Inn". Tape 1, Side 1, Part 29 - Women seldom involved in politics. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 30 - Never thought of becoming a nun. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 31 - Went to grade school in Namur, where she learned to speak English. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 1 - Grade school (cont.). Played 'Spot Jack' at recess. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 2 - Blank. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 3 - Subjects taught in school. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 4 - Learning to speak English from older friends. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 5 - Got little school time off for work. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 6 - Never thought of being a teacher. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 7 - Kermis celebration and foods she makes for the event.
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