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Pathfinder: Block #3
RobertaProgress in the Petticoat Press BOM.On Wednesdays at this blog I often post a biography of a woman who lived through the Civil War but I've decided something in the posting schedule has to go...
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Liberty's Birds #2: Justice's Wreath
Liberty's Birds #2: Justice's Wreath by Elsie RidgleySara Robinson arrived in Lawrence, Kansas Territory in April, 1855, a committed antislavery activist. She and husband Charles Robinson decided to...
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Eunice Tincher Dorey's Civil War
Rocky Mountain Road, circa 1880–1910 Attributed to Mrs. William H. Dorey, Kentucky, Eunice Tincher Dorey (1843–1912)Gift of Mrs. A. J. Anderson...
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Petticoat Press #5: Twin Sisters for the Footes
Petticoat Press #5: Twin Sisters for the Footes byDenniele BohannonKatherine Foote Coe (1840-1923) and Harriet Foote Hawley (1831-1886)The Footes---not twins--- but a close pair in a family of ten who...
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Liberty's Birds #3: Cardinal
Liberty's Birds #3: Cardinal by Denniele BohannonCardinals live year round in Kansas. We usually see them in pairs; males a flash of red, females less brilliant. Sara Lawrence Robinson may have...
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Petticoat Press# 6: Old Maid's Ramble For Kate Field
Petticoat Press# 6: Old Maid's Ramble For Kate Field byJeanne Arnieri"Old Maid" was an insult when single women were considered a threat to domestic order.Women of marriageable age were urged to...
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Petticoat Press BOM: Links to the Free Patterns
Civil War reporting was man’s domain but we find bylines from several female journalists who we recall in the Petticoat Press Block of the Month for 2025. The 12 monthly blocks are based on an "X" seam...
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Liberty's Birds #4: Old Orchards
Liberty's Birds #4: Old Orchards by Becky CollisSara was an optimist (and she edited her diary for the public) so she saw more in the Kansas landscape than is evident in Alexander Gardner's...
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