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Theme: In both essays, "Voyage d'Auvergne," and "Souvenirs d'un Nonagenaire," women played a constant role in the survival of the peasant family and the villages.
Argument: Both essays discussed women performing different tasks and playing different roles. However, both articles did make it clear that womens duties were equally important than those of men at the time, even if they were different. These women constantly went through hardship and pain to help their families and the villages to survive during the tough times of the peasantry.
Evidence:
"It is women who are burdened with all the details of the housework. It is they who milk the cows, make the butter and cheese. Thus they get up earlier and go to bed later than the men. When new snow falls and covers the road to the pump, one of them takes on the job of clearing a new path. Sunk into the snow sometimes up to the waist she goes and comes several times in a row and finally establishes a route for her friends."
-p.147 "Voyage d'Auvergne"
"For the afternoon and evening meal, she also determined each person's portion, which she gave him on a plate or which she distributed when it was lard or some other meat."
-p.152 "Memoires d'un Nonagenaire"
Connection: There is a lot of evidence in the Bonnie Smith article that proves that women were important figures during these times. However, her evidence is much more apparent than that of F.Y. Besnard, in "Memoires d'un Nonagenaire."