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We actually need more sensible women at our political helm - maybe things would be better there too.
posted by
adnohr
on August 28, 2022 at 1:56 AM
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Re: 65 years is quite an accomplishment for any marriage.
Thank you for sharing. 
posted by
Sherri_G
on August 23, 2022 at 1:23 PM
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Re: Pat_B, this is fascinating news. I'd love to hear about this story.
posted by
Sherri_G
on August 23, 2022 at 1:22 PM
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It was the beginning for women to work outside the home but many had to give up their jobs when the War was over as the men needed them..or so women were told. Gradually though women like me crept out of our kitchens and earned our own pay.
posted by
Kabu
on August 23, 2022 at 12:20 PM
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World War II was a point in our history where there was a major change. We are still feeling the effects of it to this day.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 23, 2022 at 11:35 AM
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Here in Missouri, the women worked during WWII and the Korean War at the Lake City Arsenal Ammunition Plant outside of Kansas City in the Indepence area.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 23, 2022 at 10:54 AM
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My sis was doing a "Rosie the Riveter" job at a naval shipyard
when she met her husband, a sailor assigned to one of the drydocked ships that was getting an upgrade. The project lasted a couple of months, they married on the 4th of July after knowing each other for 6 weeks. He shipped out soon after - his ship was assigned to the ocean battles in the Pacific. Their little son, born several months later, didn't meet his daddy until the war was over. They had another son shortly after his return and were married for more than 65 years.
posted by
Pat_B
on August 23, 2022 at 10:17 AM
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