Of the Housewife
Puritan Customs of the 17th Century
It was customary for Puritan housewives of the 17th century to have their own gardens close to their “keeping rooms” or kitchen doors. In her garden a woman was expected to raise everything that was needed to perform her many-faceted job of housewife and mother.
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