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Eva Sulkosky (6-26-72) House #113

I. Born in Freeland. Came to Eckley 1907 at age 7.
Husband, Anthony Sulkoski was a mule driver
in #10 mine.

II. A woman's work day:

6:00 A.M. Make the husband's breakfast, pack his
lunch tin. (breakfast of coffee and homemade bread)
(lunch of three bologna sandwiches, fruit, coffee).

6:30 A.M. husband left for work. Begin to make bread,
or sew, or wash clothing. Take care of the children.

3:30 P.M. Husband arrived home from mines. Preparing
Dinner.

4:00 P.M. Dinner served, after which cleaned up dishes.

"cant' get to elaborate on."

III. The women didn't eat with the family. They waited
until the family is done eating. The reason is that
because it was the woman's job to keep the food on
the table, and it was much easier to stay up and
get the food--rather than get up and down to keep
the table supplied. Many times there wasn't much
food left over for the woman. The woman would
many times do without.

IV. "Today the woman's role is different from the woman's
role then. There was no alimony then, if a woman
left a man, the woman didn't get nothing. If the
man was mad we had to smooth things over. If he
hit us we had to take it. The man was the head
of the house. We did what he said."