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She Lived Her Life Her Way

She lived her life her way, he told us. We stared at him, not understanding. Because of our upbringing, we lived our life our way too. Didn’t everybody? She was your great grandmother, and she was fiercely independent. We did not understand. Wasn’t everybody? She divorced two men before she was twenty, he told us. We were not surprised. This is common right? Apparently not in 1934.

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L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/12/2022 3:56:00 PM

Oh, definitely not in 1934 or 5 or 6. Women began to find places for themselves during the war...remember Rosie the Riveter? Hey, Caren, how about a poem about Rosie the Riveter?

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/12/2022 9:31:00 PM

Rosie the Riveter is my middle daughter's favorite pin up poster from WWII. My maternal grandmother divorced a man at 16 and a man at 19 before she married my Daddy's dad at age 22.