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09/01/09
Anna told her about the first day on the job at the plant during WW2, someone had ordered all the doors on the women's bathroom stalls removed.
In the meeting with the newly hired ladies, the commander asked if they had any issues, Anna stood up and said, "we would like the doors put back on the restroom stalls"
He said, "why would that bother you"
Without missing a beat, she said, "It is very hard to change your kotex without in a bathroom without a door.
The commander turned all shades of red, and the next day, the doors were put back on.
I love these early feminists.
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My family comes from a whole lineage of military people, both male and female, and I'm extremely proud of all of them.
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If you are in good health and can lift your legs on your own, it's not too late.
Love,
A proud female parachutist.
09/01/09
In the article, she says she didn't just want to parachute, but parachute behind enemy lines.
I assume there had to have been several female women trained to parachute since there apparently were several female pilots.
09/02/09
Spitfire Women by Giles Whittell.
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So I can really see how Bauer would have trouble fitting into the New York literary/artistic scene, when I've seen firsthand how judgmental people can be found on both sides of the aisle. And she hardly sounds like she's a fire-and-brimstone type; she just has strong beliefs and doesn't want to change them to fit in.
07/30/09
However, I do have to wonder about the narrative of the book. Usually what attracts people to memoirs is the promise of redemption or of some sort of transformation on a personal level. Good writing is necessary, of course, but there has to be something else to make it compelling.
The NYT ran an article about a similar memoir, which seems to be one about contentment. I just have to wonder, what possible story arc is there when your narrative is focused around trying to stay exactly the way you are.
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Here's a novel idea: a person who is emotionally secure and mature, for whom religion is a non-issue.
Did you know there are people in the world who don't even think about religion, and yet, still have a strong moral bearing.
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I, too, have lived an exceptionally good girl life, but I've harbored no illusions that my life was worthy of memoir. In fact, it's only the wacky, non-traditional and few and far between salacious parts of my life that would make for any kind of interesting read. Otherwise, hurray!, you're a vanilla human being and if you aren't somehow extraordinary - don't write a book.
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People mostly don't care what you do, or they're curious and respectful. People who get nervous about me not drinking are usually insecure about their own drinking, I've noticed.
I've never been attacked in the 15 years I've lived my faith in this way. And I always wondered how it would look if someone tried to pester me to drink at a party or something like that--that person would look like such a loser for not respecting my choices.
I try to point this out to the teens in our religious community whenever I can. If you really care about being cool, the coolest thing is to be confident in your own decisions.
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Anyway, I totally agree that the idea of "finding your place" in a country where the majority of people agree with you is kind of dull, I do agree with lilbobbytales way the heck down there that as a society, we no longer value joy and earnestness as social values. And while I can't say that I'll be reading it, I do think it has its place on the shelves of virgins and Christians as aspirational literature where you can say, "she's living a bohemian life but with my values" as well. Ie. just because you're a good Christian girl doesn't mean you can't go live someplace more interesting than Peoria.
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