http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/10/12/goddess-of-air-1935/ Where our past is never very long ago Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/10/12/goddess-of-air-1935/comment-page-1/#comment-28849 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:59:04 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=8741#comment-28849 That’s one thing I love best about the Relief Society Magazine from this era, kevinf — there is so much effort to bring the wider women’s world to LDS women who, as you suggest, were largely farmers’ wives, to broaden their horizons and engage them in something more than eggs and cabbages — without neglecting the eggs and cabbages, that is.

]]> http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/10/12/goddess-of-air-1935/comment-page-1/#comment-28844 kevinf Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:28:37 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=8741#comment-28844 While I am not particularly impressed with the language of this poem, the sentiment it expresses is remarkable for the Relief Society Magazine at the time. Holding out Amelia Earhart as a role model was perhaps controversial in an LDS magazine for women, but certainly reflected the country’s fascination with her. It would not be difficult to see how a farmer’s wife could take a break from chores, and get a vicarious thrill from reading this.

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