I really thought that our country was smarter. I was born in 1959 and after all these years of women being treated as second class citizens, I thought we were ready for change.
My experiences include:
- Being told by my high school guidance counselor that I was good in math and science but those were careers for men. I was also a good writer, so I should go to college for that.
- Being told at 25 by my grandmother that I was getting old and I should be married. She said she only buys Christmas gifts for grandchildren that are unmarried and I am the oldest grandchild she "has to buy for".
- Working as a computer repair technician, having people come into the office and asking if there is any men who can help. I had to prove I knew what I was doing over and over again.
I started a website called Sunbonnetsue.com in 1999 to teach myself HTML (how early webpages were coded). I was asked to teach it , so I wanted to have a lot of experience with it. I shared Sunbonnet Sue quilts on the website and when I saw this quilt on eBay, I had to buy it:
It said "Elect a Lady in 1980". It was made when Geraldine Ferraro was running as vice president. I thought that we would have women president in my lifetime.
I'm so tired of women being pushed aside by men. When will this end?
