What it Means to be a Rural Woman, Part III
Living alone, or as Mother put it, a ‘grass widow’. My Mother (1959 – 1971) In November 1971 — Turning 16 years of age on November 7, Gravel Roads was issued a bona fide driver’s license by Saskatchewan...
Category: Work, Productivity, Innovation
What it Means to be a Rural Woman, Part II
Operator, long distance, please . . . . My Mother (1944-1959) By ’44 or so, Mother moved the family from the southeast corner of the half-section of land, to the northwest corner, where the new white house...
What it Means to be a Rural Woman, Part I
The United Nations sets aside October 15th as ‘International Day of Rural Women’ to ‘recognize the critical role and contribution of rural women . . . .’ I’ve set aside every one of my ±21,170 days on this...
One Man’s Voice
Before gravel roads Recorded in an interview with my father, Joseph Sworak, April 1979 When the passenger ship SS Frederik VIII left Copenhagen, Denmark on April 4, 1927, the orchards were blooming and spring...
