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Woodcut of woman in Progress of the Dairy.
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Woodcut of woman in Progress of the Dairy (1819) Image of a woman at a churn.

Credit: Courtesy of the Sinclair Hamilton Collection, Princeton University Library

An important cottage industry, butter and cheesemaking, performed by women, was a major income producer for many Pennsylvania farm families.

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