My mother grew up when women weren’t allowed to work if the husband disagreed. The husband had the last word in everything, legally. Married women didn’t even have the right to decide how to spend their money. Also a woman was not allowed to have her own bank account if the husband did not co-sign. A woman was property.
Knowing about the world she lived in, I understand a lot of what she did and the way she thought.
To understand doesn’t necessarily mean to agree.
My mother grew up when women weren’t allowed to work if the husband disagreed. The husband had the last word in everything, legally. Married women didn’t even have the right to decide how to spend their money. Also a woman was not allowed to have her own bank account if the husband did not co-sign. A woman was property.
Knowing about the world she lived in, I understand a lot of what she did and the way she thought.
Do I agree with her? Hell no.