During our World Wars, it was often the men who were the upfront fighters for freedom. We praise them, but often don't recognize that many of our soldiers left their wives and children at home. And they weren't just home bodies. They often filled in the gap to work the steel mills; farmers and put war machines together back in the USA. When and if the guys made it back home, such as my parents, they got hitched late and didn't waste any time to have kids(must have been the potent Nebo Water). So the women often stayed at home while their men went to work. That is just history, not a mans point of view. But those unemployed or unpaid moms and wives often found other noble things to do such as women's clubs. They didn't sit around and shoot the bull, but often were assigned volunteer duties as Daughters of Utah Pioneers; Toys For Tots and taking care of the Rose Garden in Nephi. Now adays, things are so expensive, it often takes two to work and bring home the bacon. My mother was in the Booklore Club, and now I understand how important that was, but didn't as a kid, as it was "Women Only", so even us young boys were told to get the Hell out of Dodge when the women came to our house. And it was one of those times we had to make sure our 1885 log house was in tip top shape, and it still is-owned and operated by Jaynette Grimard, one of the Jones "Boys" in a skirt, but can outride any of her brothers on a horse. Anywho, the gals would talk about a book that was written and discuss how it would relate to them at the time. I had a lot of respect for those women and always looked up to them as hero's who had to fight their own battles at home while their men were fighting other battles in Europe and Pacific Rim countries.
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