Re: Historical perspectives

[Diane Chen <DianeRChen@AOL.COM>]

While I am a very modern, spirited woman who champions the right to vote, own
property & make my own decisions, I still enjoy reading stories written
decades ago to provide a viewpoint of a woman's perspective at that time
(even if she was content with her life and enjoyed sewing).
   For example, Grace Livingston Hill wrote more than 50 Christian Romance
books through the time period of both WW's & the Depression. Reading about
how her very conservative characters felt in response to changes around them
is intriguing. I have been re-reading the 30 or so copies I kept from my
grandmother's collection. As a child, I did not notice they were not totally
"PC" but they impacted my development because it was acceptable to be "good".
 As an adult I am enjoying the descriptions of trying to live through poverty
and "make-do".
     Several teachers during break were discussing how their religious
insitutions view women. Even today the differences were so very great and
several people felt embarassed defending very strict viewpoints.  I am
grateful that many viewpoints are available in literature.

Diane R. Chen, Library Information Specialist
Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, TN
chend@k12tn.net

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