Bloggers are characters. Each blogger demonstrates a persona, to whatever degree of fiction. These personalities are shown over time, according to the serial nature of digital storytelling.
This means that a blogger can become a different person than they usually are when they are writing if they want.
e personal sense asso-ciated with diaries also enabled “blogger” to emerge as a category, even a professional identity, letting us think of blogs as character vehicles.
I've always liked how blogs are so personal to the blogger, but so many others can relate and get something from others blogging about their person experiences
We’re supposed to toil in secrecy, keeping our ideas and our work under lock and key, waiting until we have a magnificent product to show before we try to connect with others.
I like what he is saying because I think sometimes people want to seem "put together" in their lives and in their work. However, when we share the messiness and difficulty had with our work it can be more appreciated when it's finished, and maybe encourage people who are struggling with the same thing.
If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.
This part stuck out to me because I struggle with this. He is reminding us that someone, somewhere has the same passions and interests and us and we will never find these people unless we are bold enough to share.
Modesty of our Sex
Gendered stereotype of women as pure and modest (Women in Colonial North America, Hist 327, McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)
Most Obedient, and most Humbly Devoted Servant, Sarah Stone
Shows women as obedient and meek!! (Women in Colonial North America, Hist 327, McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)
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"tender regard to our sex's modesty" Makes women sound meek (Women in Colonial North America, Hist 327, McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)
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"Recommended to all female practitioners in an art so important to the lives and well-being of the sex" shows gendered stereotype of only women as midwives (Colonial Women Part II, Hist 327, McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)
She showed you joy and misery; Taught what was good, and what was ill
Bradstreet was a Puritan, taught her children what was good and bad (Women in New England, Hist 327, McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)
I nursed them up with pain and care
Shows gendered expectations of women (Women in New England, Hist 327, McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)
I happy am, if well with you
Bradstreet is happy if her children are happy. Women's sole job at the time was to care for the house and the children. (Women in New England, Hist 327, McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)
My mournful chirps I after send, Till he return
Bradstreet lived in a Puritan society with a nuclear family structure. Family was very central to Puritan life and it was hard for family members to separate (Women in New England, Hist 327, McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)
Bradstreet is referring to her 8 children. This was not an uncommon number of children...women averaged 9-11 children at this time (Women in Colonial North America, History 327, McClurken, UMW, Fredericksburg, VA)
humiliating defeat for the British
Victory proved to be a morale booster, especially with the Declaration of Independence signed a few days after the defeat of the British at this battle (1).
defeat for the British
British sustained 220 killed and wounded in this battle (1).
British attack on Charleston, South Carolina
British chose to attack Charleston because they decided that Cape Fear would not be an ideal base of operations (1).
June 1776
The battle took place on June 28, 1776 during the American Revolution, which lasted from 1775-1783 (1).
Sir Henry Clinton's
Clinton's men could not receive help because of the depth of the water and because they were surrounded by swamps(1).
It it was the last moment I was to live, God knows I am innocent of any thing in this nature
Howe was known to have an assertive nature, making her stand out among the plain population of a Puritan community. This is most likely why she was one of the women who was accused (1).
Ann Putman
Ann Putman's husband, Thomas Putnam, signed 10/21 formal complaints issued against the accused witches at this time and sat on the jury during the Salem Witch Trials (1).
May. 1692
Howe would be hanged two months later on July 19, 1692 (1).
Mercy Lewis & Mary Walcot
These were the servants of Thomas Putnam. Thomas and Ann Putnam were accused of cutting down trees that did not belong to them, and the town asked James Howe to ask the Putnam family to show proof that they owned the land the trees were on, but they could not provide the proof (1). This could be the beginning of issues between the Putnams and the Howes.
Elizabeth How
Lived with her husband, James, in Ipswitch. Her husband lost his vision at age 50, leaving Elizabeth in charge of both the family and the farm--much more than what was expected from a Puritan woman(1).