Elizabeth moves to the New York suburbs in April 1934. She mentions going to the movies in New Rochelle, New York, on April 15. She spends the next couple months getting settled in her new home, hiring a cook, finding a doctor for her daughters, and enrolling them in French lessons. Elizabeth’s father dies in the middle of August 1934. She writes on August 15, “Mom and I both dragging at the feet.” She returns to New York after the funeral, where she spends most of her time running errands, sewing, reading, and doing housework. She goes back to St. Louis in October to support her mother, who was having surgery, which was successful. Soon Elizabeth takes up golf and dance lessons back in New York, and her girls take riding lessons. She mentions many of the “Norwesters” she gets in New York., 1934, Box: 1. Elizabeth Nulsen Young Diaries, A1789. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Elizabeth moves to the New York suburbs in April 1934. She mentions going to the movies in New Rochelle, New York, on April 15. She spends the next couple months getting settled in her new home, hiring a cook, finding a doctor for her daughters, and enrolling them in French lessons. Elizabeth’s father dies in the middle of August 1934. She writes on August 15, “Mom and I both dragging at the feet.” She returns to New York after the funeral, where she spends most of her time running errands, sewing, reading, and doing housework. She goes back to St. Louis in October to support her mother, who was having surgery, which was successful. Soon Elizabeth takes up golf and dance lessons back in New York, and her girls take riding lessons. She mentions many of the “Norwesters” she gets in New York., 1934, Box: 1. Elizabeth Nulsen Young Diaries, A1789. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/46955 Accessed September 19, 2024.