While some brides get jewelry or a honeymoon as a wedding present, my great-grandma Gyda got a flock of white leghorn chickens. She lived on a farm in North Dakota where, like many farm wives, she worked hard but had little control over the household income besides an “allowance” from her husband. Instead of a set sum, her husband provided her with feed and a coop and generously said she could raise as many (or as few) as she’d like and keep any money she got from them. This practice was once so common that women’s income was often referred to simply as “egg money”.
The Incredible, Edible Egg Money
The Incredible, Edible Egg Money
The Incredible, Edible Egg Money
While some brides get jewelry or a honeymoon as a wedding present, my great-grandma Gyda got a flock of white leghorn chickens. She lived on a farm in North Dakota where, like many farm wives, she worked hard but had little control over the household income besides an “allowance” from her husband. Instead of a set sum, her husband provided her with feed and a coop and generously said she could raise as many (or as few) as she’d like and keep any money she got from them. This practice was once so common that women’s income was often referred to simply as “egg money”.