Hi Cindy...My mom was born in 1917 also.  Boy, was she rooting for Hillary Clinton.

Please give us "womens libbers" from the 60's a little tiny bit of credit. 

Yes, it amazes me what the women back in the early years of the last century went through to make life so much better for all of us.  However, I do think much good came out of the more recent movement also.  If only many of the younger women today had a real appreciation of what went before them.

I was up in Connecticut last week and haven't caught up on my newspaper reading.  I hope there was something in the Fredericksburg paper about this. 

Thanks for sharing.

Kate

Hi Cindy...Got you covered, my dad was born in 1915.

I was serious when I said a tiny bit.  We certainly did not have to do what those before us did.  They went thought much more than we did.  I admire them tremendously.  They do not get the recognition they deserve. 

Thank goodness we did not live at that time.  It would have driven me crazy.  It was bad enough when we were younger. 

Cindy, when I got my driving license I signed up for auto mechanics because I wanted to know a little bit about cars (spark plugs, fan belts, etc.) and my high school would not allow it.  They never had a girl in that class.  They put me in woodworking instead.  I did make a nice table using pegs instead of nails.  Pretty cool.  Always wished I knew more about cars but none of that would probably help me now anyway.

Kate