As members of the Silent Generation, we young women didn’t protest much of anything. Why not?
There was plenty to protest: racial inequality, sexual harassment, income disparity for women, abortion rights, the Korean War, to name a few. But we just sat there and took it. I suppose there are many reasons, but I have to believe that the birth control pill freed women from being stuck at home raising big families, feeling they might as well get married as stay single and work the rest of their lives for low wages as a nurse, secretary, store clerk, or teacher. If you were a “good girl” and didn’t make any waves, some man would come along and rescue you from a dreary, celibate life as an “old maid.”
We’ve come a long way, Baby. Here’s a picture of my two daughters with some of their friends at yesterday’s March For Our Lives in Washington DC. So proud of them I could cry. I may not agree with all of their causes, but I’m happy they feel free to stand up for their beliefs, and took the time from their incredibly busy schedules to fly to DC with the hope of creating a better world for all of our grandchildren.
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