why are women angry? because we STILL have to protest this s***

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75. I was horrified to learn about the Ludlow Massacre recently, I think via a DU post

Thing is--I grew up in Colorado, attended public school, studied the state's history in junior high and high school, visited the Capitol during field trips, etc., etc. And never once were we taught about the Ludlow Massacre.

This was in the 1950s, and as I think back, I am appalled at what a backward and regressive culture we lived in. Seriously...if "girls" hadn't snagged a husband by high school graduation, we were old maids who could be teachers or nurses or somebody's secretary as we continued our desperate search for a male to rescue us from our terrible fate. And no matter the job, we were never paid as much as men, 'cause after all, there was always some guy to take us out to dinner. Or we could share an apartment with five other "old maids". Or we could live at home with our parents. Seriously--that's what my male counterparts told me. The path to any form of equality was long and hard-fought. I'm sure it wasn't just Colorado, but that's where I was and what I had to deal with. I tend to rant because I spent so many years being angry as hell and felt helpless to change things. But change did come--and now they want us to fight those battles again? Okay, now I'm back to being angry.

But as to the Ludlow Massacre, I'm thinking it was among a lot of Colorado's history that was left out of our textbooks. When I read about it, I cried. As another poster asked, I would like you to place a flower at the site the next time you visit. Bless you for doing so.

And for caring.