Well it sounds like a normal thing to do now, going back to school. But back then it wasn't for a women. You stopped working when you got married.

The way the clock turned back after the war, and women went right along with it was incredible. Hard to understand now.

But the security of being a sheltered wife was not without its appeal in 1946.

At the hardware store, I bought a rubber flapper. Thing that stops up the hole in the toilet tank. Installed it. Also repainted the area between the sink and the toilet where the paint was chipped.

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