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Definition of Foremothers
1. foremother [n] - See also: foremother
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foremothers
Literary usage of Foremothers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Report of the Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the City of by Edward A. Roberts (1896)
"The family prayer, morning and evening, was heY solace, and at ten each day many
of our foremothers sat down calmly and opened the Bible and read that upon ..."
2. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1887)
"Were these our foremothers, dressed up like this to go to sea? ... “If the men
were forefathers, then of course the women were foremothers, you can't get ..."
3. Life and Habit by Samuel Butler (1878)
"... are the same kind of larva to start with; and that if you give one of these
larvae the food and treatment which all its foremothers have been accustomed ..."
4. The American Monthly Magazine by Daughters of the American Revolution (1898)
"At the east end of the bridge similar arch might be constructed by the Daughters
of the Revolution, a memorial of the foremothers of the Revolution, ..."
5. Reminiscences of Nathan T. Frame and Esther G. Frame by Nathan T. Frame (1907)
"While Esther spoke of the virtues, the sacrifices and marvelous things that
our "foremothers" had accomplished, one gentleman remarked that he "did not know ..."
6. Nahida Remy's The Jewish Woman by Nahida Ruth Lazarus (1916)
"They strive no more for the lofty ideals of their foremothers, their ambitions
are luxurious dwellings, costly garments, extravagant receptions, ..."
7. Common Sense in the Nursery by Marion Harland (1885)
"NE hundred years ago the question as to the source whence the baby drew his daily
food was one rarely propounded by our foremothers. ..."
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