{"id":1346,"date":"2012-08-27T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2012-08-27T20:19:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T03:19:01","slug":"women-and-politics-the-early-beginnings-of-my-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/women-and-politics-the-early-beginnings-of-my-book","title":{"rendered":"Women And Politics: the early beginnings of my book"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have probably been writing about women and politics in some form or another since I was born.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Lynn-a-budding-political-junkie\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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That's me – born and raised in New York City, prior to WWII.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Born into a working class family where mom stayed at home and dad went to work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The culture in our home and neighborhood was that boys got educated and girls got married. I guess I was fighting the prevalent culture from the cradle because I could never see why that was so great.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Marriage was deemed to be THE major achievement for girls and education was not important. College was not seen as necessary for girls – who were expected to finish high school, get a job and work until they got married.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And girls who did go to college?  They were encouraged to find someone there to marry. [The Mrs. degree as it was called.]
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Not many, including the female high school teachers and college professors, encouraged females to pursue careers except in Education.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My mother decreed I was to be a secretary or some other office worker but after a few weeks in high school she saw my books, asked why I was taking French and I told her I was in the academic track. She told me it was a waste of time – but never said another word about my choice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My father was a covert supporter of my decision. He was an avid NYT crossword puzzle doer [in ink] and he and I did that puzzle as it sat each day on our kitchen table.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I made it through high school with great grades but was told that there was not a cent to be spent on any college education for me. Unhappily, I went to a local college and lived at home when many friends went off to a teacher’s college in upstate New York.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Phew! Good thing! Much as I had wanted to go away, I got such a better education by staying in the city and going to Queens College – now a part of CUNY.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As much as I loved NYC, I got hooked on psychology, took some extra psychology courses at night, applied to Graduate School and away I went to Boston.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And Boston, in the 1960s, was an amazing city in terms of anti-war and pro-women activism.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I found my calling among new friends – and from that point on, psychology, feminism, civil rights, antiwar activism and politics became an integral part of my life…and it has stayed that way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This is part [not sure where it fits yet] of the e-book I am writing about women, religion and politics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to read a chapter [as the book nears finishing] click the link right below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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