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trof

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2. Lady, I am right there with you.
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 06:25 PM
Apr 2012

I was also raised by a single mom from the age of 4.
This was in Alabama circa 1945 when to be a divorcee was to be seen as a scarlet woman.

She was the hardest working woman I've ever known.
Put herself through secretarial school.
Got a job and supported us.
Eventually rose through the ranks to become a mutual funds saleswoman/investment adviser and an insurance agent.
She never heard of the 'glass ceiling'.
President of The Business and Professional Women's Club in Birmingham.
Appointed by the governor to the State Board of Pensions and Securities.
Oh, and she was a civil rights activate for minorities before we ever heard the term' civil rights' down here.
To her, it wasn't 'civil rights', it was just what was RIGHT.

And loved me?
That woman loved me with all her heart and soul.
Anything that's good in me now, at age 70, is a direct result of her upbringing and influence.

Thanks for your post.


Words from the front. [View all] madamesilverspurs Apr 2012 OP
K. R. Jackpine Radical Apr 2012 #1
Lady, I am right there with you. trof Apr 2012 #2
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