\documentclass{ppex}
\nonstopmode
\usepackage {rawfonts,pictex}
\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}
\ResetPreambleCommands
\ReadyForTheFray
\usepackage {rawfonts,pictex}
\beginpicture
\normalgraphs
\longticklength=3pt
\setcoordinatesystem units <.02in,.08in>
\setplotarea x from 1780 to 1990, y from 0 to 30
\axis bottom label {burials of women per year} ticks
      numbered from 1780 to 1980 by 20 /
\axis left ticks numbered from 0 to 30 by 5 /
\grid 10 20  \setquadratic  \plot "year.wom"
\endpicture
\end{document}
