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Week 38: Maud Berkeley
In her richly illustrated diaries, Maud chronicles her life on the Isle of Wight.
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Week 37: Emily Shore
In 1837, Emily described her room - her 'lion's den' - and all her treasured possessions in it.
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Week 36: Margetta Hirsch Doyle
A week in 1940s New York, as experienced by an eighteen year old girl.
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Week 34: Jennie Williams
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Week 35: Lena Mukhina
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July 21st: 'a bear with two cubs'
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June 19th: 'My darling George'
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Week 35: Lena Mukhina
This week in 1941, the Siege of Leningrad was in its early stages, and Lena Mukhina, a teenager, was keeping a diary amidst the chaos.
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Week 34: Jennie Williams
A week in the life of a soon-to-be married 22-year old woman from late 19th century Massachusetts.
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August 11th: 'I could hardly understand the Dieppe people'
Mary Browne, a fourteen year old English girl visiting France with her family in 1821, observed the local fashion and visited two churches. (Plus an…
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August 9th: 'I caught several beetles, queer beasts, who jumped'
A summery day in the life of Dorothea Jane Stephen, a sixteen year old girl in 1887.
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August 7th: 'the terrific news of the atomic bomb'
In 1945, nineteen year old Margetta Hirsch Doyle reflected on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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August 4th: 'I have lived through five days more of intense suspense'
In her Arctic Journal, Josephine writes that she worries about her husband, who has gone on a journey across the ice
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August 2nd: 'playing legsie'
On this day in 1942, Esther van Vriesland wrote about her day in Dutch and English.
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