- Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy Search on This Blog
Copyright Disclaimer
All rights reserved © 2006-2019
Janice A. Brown,
Blog: Cow Hampshire
www.cowhampshireblog.com
Formerly
blogharbor.cowhampshire.com
All unpublished works.Translate this Page
-
Women’s History
"The ongoing invisibility of women and girls is a serious issue for our country, and for the world. The invisibility of our history, heroes, stories, challenges, and success handicaps the future of all Americans, and it deeply affects our economy and our communities."--Megan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology OfficerRecent Comments
- Janice Brown on Celebrating New Hampshire Women Through History
- Celebrating New Hampshire Women Through History | Cow Hampshire on Immigrant to New Hampshire: Cora Alvina Parnell (1868-1913)
- Celebrating New Hampshire Women Through History | Cow Hampshire on Concord New Hampshire’s White Park And Family
- Celebrating New Hampshire Women Through History | Cow Hampshire on Portsmouth New Hampshire Poet and Hospital Benefactor, Harriet McEwen Kimball (1834-1917)
- Celebrating New Hampshire Women Through History | Cow Hampshire on Henniker New Hampshire Poet: Edna Dean Proctor (1827-1923)
Categories
- Boulders and Profiles
- Carnivals and Memes
- Cow Stories
- Creatures
- Current Events
- Genealogy
- Haunted New Hampshire
- History
- Holidays
- Humor
- Irish in New Hampshire
- Lost Faces of WW1
- Military of New Hampshire
- Military Squares
- Moovers And Shakers
- N.H. Historical Markers
- N.H. Missing Places
- Native Peoples
- New Hampshire Aviation
- New Hampshire Entertainers
- New Hampshire Glossary
- New Hampshire Men
- New Hampshire Politics
- New Hampshire Slanguage
- New Hampshire Sports
- New Hampshire Women
- NH Tidbits
- NH WW1 Military
- Not New Hampshire
- Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather
- Personal History
- Poetry
- R.I.P
- Really Old News
- Recipes
- Speechless Sunday
- Structures
- Travel
Tag Archives: service
New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Wilmot
Wilmot is a picturesque New Hampshire town in the northwest part of Merrimack County. During WWI it had about 580 residents (614 in 1910 and 536 in 1920). This small town sent more than its quota to serve in the … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Military of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Men, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 1, army, died, Europe, Hampshire, I, killed, military, monument, new, New Hampshire, NH, One, service, war, Wilmot, Wilmot Flats, world, World War, WW1, WWI
2 Comments
Another Heroine of WWI: Pauline Hildreth Field (1885-1919)
Pauline Hildreth Field was not born in New Hampshire, but her paternal grandmother was. Pauline was one of over 160 women World War I Red Cross workers who died during service during World War I. She did not work as … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women, NH WW1 Military, Not New Hampshire
Tagged accident, American Cemetery, Chesterfield, died, family tree, Field, France, genealogy, Hampshire, Hildreth, hut, I, new, New Hampshire, NH, Oise-Aisne, One, passport, Pauline, recreational, Red Cross, service, war, world, WWI
4 Comments
Descendant of Rev. James MacGregor of Londonderry NH — World War One Heroine: Ruth MacGregor (1889-1918)
I was recently reviewing the list of “Gold Star Women” who had died during World War I service, and came across the name of a Delaware resident, Ruth MacGregor. Normally I would not be writing about her, then I discovered … Continue reading
Posted in History, Lost Faces of WW1, New Hampshire Women, NH WW1 Military, Not New Hampshire
Tagged at sea, buried, college, Delaware, died, dormitory, flu, France, Hall, High School, Holyoke, hut, influenza, infuenza, languages, MacGregor, MacGregor Hall, McGregor, Mount, Mt, nurse, Pawtucket, Quebec, Ruth, service, ship, SS, teacher, Vestris
4 Comments
New Hampshire Poem: Evening Tea
EVENING TEA Dedicated to Linda Boyd It is time to be seated for evening tea, The silver’s well-polished and so are we. With place cards discovered, genteelly we pose, To chat with our neighbor–anticipation grows.
Posted in History, Personal History, Poetry
Tagged Evening, Hampshire, new, New Hampshire, NH, personal, poem, poetry, service, Silver, tea, Winterthur
4 Comments
New Hampshire WWI Military: More Heroes of Rockingham County
The WWI soldiers in these biographies were credited to a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. WWI deaths were attributed to a specific town based on a variety of criteria that was not always consistent from town to town. Their … Continue reading