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eShirl

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5. I couldn't have outside chores like my brothers.

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 03:35 PM

Mar 2019

I hated dishes, laundry, dusting, cleaning; thank goodness I liked cooking.

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I have a question for all the women out there in light of today being International Womens' Day [View all] Ohiogal Mar 2019 OP

College courses happybird Mar 2019 #1

Yeah, that tired old joke Ohiogal Mar 2019 #3

I heard it from both my guidance counselor and my parents, happybird Mar 2019 #10

Which time? 2naSalit Mar 2019 #2

Wow Ohiogal Mar 2019 #4

Yup 2naSalit Mar 2019 #24

I couldn't have outside chores like my brothers. eShirl Mar 2019 #5

Oh gosh yes. Ohiogal Mar 2019 #6

Lots of things. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #7

Wonderful story. Ohiogal Mar 2019 #8

Thank you for appreciating my post. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #9

You pretty much described me! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #11

As the first woman to hold a Laborers Union card in the Twin Cities, Lifelong Protester Mar 2019 #12

Ugh! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #14

They were angry Lifelong Protester Mar 2019 #31

Years ago when I was single, CrispyQ Mar 2019 #13

Well, of course! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #15

I got in trouble for wearing pants to school leftynyc Mar 2019 #16

That's another horrible old fashioned sexist issue Ohiogal Mar 2019 #17

Living in NY has its perks leftynyc Mar 2019 #18

Girls couldn't wear pants when I was in grade school either. CrispyQ Mar 2019 #25

I remember doing that on bitter cold days. Ohiogal Mar 2019 #26

Newspaper "want ads" were clear on the subject. Very clear. When I was in high school... Hekate Mar 2019 #19

Wow, what a story! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #20

A great story malaise Mar 2019 #22

i really wanting to be a journalist treestar Mar 2019 #21

Sounds about right Ohiogal Mar 2019 #23

Where do I begin? llmart Mar 2019 #27

Great post, Ilmart Ohiogal Mar 2019 #29

Go to college and be a teacher. nt akraven Mar 2019 #28

I remember Ohiogal Mar 2019 #30

It never occurred to my Dad I could be an engineer. MLAA Mar 2019 #32

Car dealers - ugh! Bastions of male chauvinism! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #33

Sounds like neither of us can stand be pushed around 😉 MLAA Mar 2019 #34

Oh gods I just remembered the letter my mother sent me after she read Betty Friedan... Hekate Mar 2019 #35

I remember finding out how strong boys were Beringia Mar 2019 #36

I was a tomboy and could run faster and lunatica Mar 2019 #37

Only one time.. Raine Mar 2019 #38