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Correspondence of state women's organizations part 2, 1917-1919

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The life of the rural woman is a very busy one - filled with tasks + duties too numerous for the hours of the day + week. She is a woman of all professions - while she cooks the dinner she watches the baby - washes the dishes - tends the baby chicks and gets her children off to school. [To others?], there is some outside force to arouse + stimulate her, she is inclined to lose interest in all but the daily routine to fail to see much outside the days' work. 
Such was own condition when the war broke out. We read in the paper of the declaration of war - but we did not [fear?] it. We knew in a dim was that the dove of peace had lifted its wings + left out fair land, but we did not realize that this was our war, that it would touch our lives + change life for each + everyone of us. 
So, too, when food conservation was first discussed. We did not realize it meant us. We were too busy producing those bumper crops the country was demanding to change our ways. We had no time to experiment with new foods, or to even wash the extra utensils that a changed diet would necessitate.

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The life of the rural woman is a very busy one - filled with tasks + duties too numerous for the hours of the day + week. She is a woman of all professions - while she cooks the dinner she watches the baby - washes the dishes - tends the baby chicks and gets her children off to school. [To others?], there is some outside force to arouse + stimulate her, she is inclined to lose interest in all but the daily routine to fail to see much outside the days' work. Such was own condition when the war broke out. We read in the paper of the declaration of war - but we did not [fear?] it. We knew in a dim was that the dove of peace had lifted its wings + left out fair land, but we did not realize that this was our war, that it would touch our lives + change life for each + everyone of us. So, too, when food conservation was first discussed. We did not realize it meant us. We were too busy producing those bumper crops the country was demanding to change our ways. We had no time to experiment with new foods, or to even wash the extra utensils that a changed diet would necessitate.