Nantucket -- Of course, you recognized this as a pie and pastry crimper.Nantucket whalers spent much more time at sea than on the island. One captain spent 6 years of his 40 year career at home. A ship could be gone as long as 4 years. This caused a certain amount of equality among the sexes as women would be called upon to play paternal roles and run businesses during the long absence of their husbands. It also gave the Quaker belief in the intellectual equality of women a proving ground.
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