. . . . "This thesis examines the role of rural mid-Atlantic middle-class women in the antebellum period through a close reading of the diary of Edith Bushong, a Quaker farmer's wife in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.--From the author's abstract." . . . "Diaries" . "\"Oh: who can appreciate the word home but those who enjoy one\" : the life and work of Edith Bushong" . . . . "History" . . . . . . . . . .