Mary's books
Mary Pattison should not enter only as Frank's wife or as later family memory. Her 1915 book is a public argument about household systems, and her 1949 memoir preserves a family voice that must be read with care.
1915 / Mary Pattison
This is Mary before she becomes family memory: a public writer asking how a household should work in the modern age.
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1949 / Mary Pattison
This is Mary as keeper of place and memory, writing after the world of Frank and Charles had become something to preserve.
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