Looks like blue eyes vs brown eyes to me in the two cover photo shots. Farm wifes I knew or heard about from grandparents would never have worn makeup on their faces. They were too busy to think about themselves. Cleaning up, fixing foods, growing food, assisting their dh, raising children and going to church on Sunday as a family. Most had 8th grade or less of schooling. Learned how to do without much to do with. They recycled so much it would put modern day recycle in the shade. My Gran (and Gramp)was born before the turn of the 1900 century, and I was raised with many stories of her childhood and mid-life thoughts.