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Cedarwood

14 November 2021 by Sarah Jansen

Before factory-made textiles, making fabrics took up such enormous amounts of female time that little girls had to start preparing for wifehood as soon as their fine motor control came in. Any spare minute women and girls had, their hands were busy …

Categories Grandmother Chronicles Tags Canada, Cedar, cedarwood, Colonialism, Family History, France, Haudenoshaunee, Louis XIV, New France, Quebec, Settlers, Textiles, Women's Work Leave a comment
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