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In reply to the discussion: I am an older white woman, a retired teacher. [View all]Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Our generation brought about a lot of changes that benefit your lives today through determination and hard work. For instance, many of us never had health insurance provided by the company, but we fought for it to be included as one of our perks. We fought for equality for women--that was a tough one--and won some battles to close the gap between male/female pay, though not enough. Yes, it used to be worse.
Through the years, we improved the educational systems, built/maintained the infrastructure, improved transportation via the interstate highway system, and other such improvements. My old mind doesn't remember all of the improvements, but some early ones that come to mind are sliced bread, motels, drive-in restaurants, TV, air conditioning, computers and some pretty darned beautiful music. I could go on and on just in the improvements after WWII and thru the 1950s. It was an incredible time to grow up.
We didn't make decisions that were always right, but we sure tried.