Celestia Rice Colby, born in Ohio in 1827, had lifestyle options that were relatively straightforward for the typical white female child born in the first half of the nineteenth century: she married in 1848, had five children, spent much of her life working as a dairy farmer and…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. An Expected Life -- 1. 1827-1848 -- 2. 1848-1853 -- 3. 1853-1857 -- Part II. The Battle to Change Expectations -- 4. October 1857-January 1858 -- 5. December 1857-May 1858 -- 6. J…
"Celestia Rice Colby, born in Ohio in 1827, had lifestyle options that were relatively straightforward for the typical white female child born in the first half of the nineteenth century: she married in 1848, had five children, spent much of her life working as a dairy farmer an…
Celestia Rice Colby, born in Ohio in 1827, had lifestyle options that were relatively straightforward for the typical white female child born in the first half of the nineteenth century: she married in 1848, had five children, spent much of her life working as a dairy farmer and…