Remembering Rosie: Memories of a Wisconsin Farm Girl

Remembering Rosie is about Block's childhood on a Wisconsin dairy farm in the mid-twentieth century. Growing up on the homestead with her parents and siblings was often idyllic. Still, it never stopped Block from dreaming of making a different life for herself despite many obstacles she'd face in trying to leave the land her German great-grandparents settled in the 1880s.

Block and her siblings experienced long hours of tedious and dangerous work. Educational opportunities were limited, and ...