"I Had a Swell Time": The Diary of a Young Girl Searching for Love in the 1930s

Have you ever wanted to read someone else's diary? What if the writer of that diary lived almost 100 years ago?

Bernice Hodgins, born in 1916 in Seaforth, Canada, received a diary for her 12th birthday. She began to record her everyday life—jotting down all sorts of details about her days, whether it be outings with friends or school subjects she was struggling with. Entering into her teenage years, Bernice began to explore the dating world and confided in her diary the details of her romant...