Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries

My grandmother, Ruth Campbell Smith (1892 - 1972) kept a diary for many years. I am posting her entries from 1925 - 1927 in this blog. Her family included sons Dale (1916 - 2004), Dick (1918 - 1971), Albert (1920 - 1979), and Ned (1923 - 1976), and later daughters Marjorie (1925 - 2010) and Eleanor (1929 - 2011). Her husband was Gilbert (1889 - 1937) and they lived in Indianapolis. I hope you enjoy this glimpse of what it was like to be a housewife and mother in the 1920's.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Monday, March 14, 1927

Monday, March 14, 1927
Cloudy and cold – report cards

Sat with Dick all day, sewing and put the clothes to soak while he napped. Then after Gilbert got home I washed, hung the colored clothes up in the bathroom and attic. Mama was out a little while.

(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "I forgot, wet clothes were hung up in the bathroom, too! Any place we could dry clothes, hooks were fastened on the walls to stretch up a line!")