In this interview Mildred admits that she was not an easy child to raise. She tells about being required to go to church, sing solos, and recite poetry.

Mildred was always conscious of fashion, even as a young girl. She loved trying on new clothes and getting her picture taken in them. This image was made into a post card, but there is nothing written on the back of our copy.

In this picture Mildred is sitting on a donkey. It’s a post card, addressed to Tirzah’s husband Frank Jessup. On the front, Mildred’s father (Lewis) writes, “I got your letter today. I’ll write tomorrow. We’ve just been to a ball game, our first base ball game, and we got beat 6 to 1. L.E.S.”

On the back, Mildred writes, “Dear Frank I am coming to see you on this donkey. Do you think I’ll get there? Mildred”

Mildred had a relative (on her mother’s side) named Amos Kenworthy, who was famous in Quaker circles for his gift of prophecy. In this video we hear about a prophecy that he made about Mildred.

On the back of this photo is written, “Dear Mr. Stout, I think this is a very good picture of Mildred, so am sending it to you.
An Old Friend”

According to the note at the top of it, this photo was taken while the Stouts lived in Wichita, Kansas. That was during Mildred’s elementary school years. The name of the boy in this photo is not recorded.

We have three different poses of Mildred in this dress, but none of them have anything written on the back, so we don’t know the significance of the dress.