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It cracks me up that some of the people trashing her can't even get her heritage right. She's not Mexican. She's Puerto Rican.
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It's like people who say we don't need Black History Month. For the foreseeable future, yes, we do, until history is written in a more inclusive way.
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I don't think she did a disservice in her decision to "slip between the cracks." She knew the things that needed to be accomplished, and had she done so differently in 1932, there's a chance she never would have been able to. I also don't believe the fact that another woman didn't match her accomplishments for decades was because of the way she lived. Rather, an end to the war, the return of soldiers, and many other social factors played into it.
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Some of us are kind of ignorant, assuming FDR single-handedly saved America during the Great Depression.
It's nice to know (and very interesting, might I add) that a woman played a key role in the FDR administration, as well as realizing that the most influential woman in politics was in power only 10-odd years after she could vote. She's kind of a testament to the strong woman ideal.
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(Sorry. Had to. I have a disease that forces me to reference Dirty Dancing whenever possible.)
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She's Baby's namesake (who ironically would follow in her footsteps and go to Mount Holyoke).
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I am a firm believer that family bonds are important and even if the relationship isn't perfect, it is worth trying to maintain. There are those where you might have to cut ties because the relationship is too toxic or genuinely abusive but I think that, generally speaking, shouldn't be your default option if you're not getting along with your parents. Most 18 year-olds have a hard time with their parental relationships. Does that mean they should cut them out entirely (which is a terribly selfish thing to do)? I don't think so. And working to maintain important relationships doesn't impinge on your personal freedom. It makes you a more empathetic, compassionate individual.
In my experience with my boyfriend, his relationship with his sister and his mother have become very trying for him and even detrimental to his well-being. He briefly considered cutting them out of his life before realizing that those relationships were important to him. They were not abusing him or being so poisonous to him that he needed to relinquish them for life. We talked a lot about it and I encouraged him to really think deeply about this before burning those bridges. He is now working to reconnect with both his sister and his mother, despite the fact that it takes work.
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