Read the quote to the right and think about how
Mattie describes her experiences.
Why does she say the hardships were worth it?
She was proud that her hard work was for
her family's benefit and not someone else's.
She believed that her family would become
rich from her hard work.
She thought that living in a sod house was
better than living in a frame house.
I expect you think we live miserable because
we are in a sod house but I tell you in solid
earnest I never enjoyed my self better It
is because we are... on our own and the
thoughts of moving next spring does not
bother me and every lick we strike is for our
selves and not half for some one else.
-Mattie Oblinger
June 16, 1873
DONE