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Originally posted by Wilderness Woman

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Originally posted by Fitz Williams
You can do it all you want.

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Well, unfortunately, it is not that simple for me, Fitz. It's different for a woman than it is for a man.

1. I don't have any equipment other than two outfits of clothing. I had thought that if I were to become more involved, I would become a sutler, but I don't have the finances available to me to begin purchasing things like a tent and all of the other things I would need to even begin.

2. My husband is not at all interested. Therefore, that makes me an unattached woman and I understand that many, if not most, re-enacting units will not allow an unattached woman to join.

3. I can sew, but would have to use a machine for nearly all of it, and many, if not most, units require things to be hand sewn.

4. I have no other viable 18th century skill or trade that would allow me to be accepted as a "useable" member.

5. I have family obligations that prevent me from doing very much gallavanting around the Eastern seaboard, not to mention a 10 year old car that makes me a little nervous about venturing more than two hours away from home.

So you see... volunteering at events seems to be the only way for me to go. Here in New York, there is Newtown once a year, and there is the Herkimer Home and the Oriskany Battlefield in the Mohawk Valley. That will probably have to be enough to sustain my 18th century life.

Sigh.

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