My mother was an early feminist and would undoubtedly be excited by HRC's campaign.

[cali]

She died a little over 2 years ago. She was 94.

She was in charge, in her twenties of declassification of Nazi propaganda at the OWI- among other duties. She was a lifelong democrat, involved in state politics in CT, where she lived for the last 53 years of her life. She was particularly involved with getting Ellla Grasso elected as governor.


From her obit:


At the age of 6, she moved with her family to Europe, living in France and Italy, learning several languages, and acquiring a lifelong love and mastery of French cooking. At 16, she returned to the states to attend college.

As an avid reader with an uncommonly keen memory, she cultivated her strong interest in history, literature and politics her entire life. With the onset of World War II, her language skills led to a job at the French desk of the United States Office of War Information (OWI) in New York City, where she carried out simultaneous translation of radio programming for broadcast into France and worked closely with French expatriate writers on information and propaganda campaigns, also holding responsibility for the declassification of Nazi propaganda. After the war, she continued on at Voice of America, which had been established by OWI in 1942.


She became active in the League of Women Voters and the local and state organizations of the Democratic Party, serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1976. Subsequently, she became involved with the New York (blanked that out)serving on the board of directors for many years. She traveled extensively, with particular fondness for London and Paris, where she was a member of the Société Saint-Simon.

[DemonGoddess]

1. Your mom sounds like she was truly a treasure

A strong woman, and accomplished.

[cali]

2. Undoubtedly accomplished. A staunch democrat

quite distant as a mother. We were all sent away to school- my brother at age 11. We didn't eat dinner with our parents except on weekends when we were kids.

But she was a dynamo and a grand dame in the classic definition of that term:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grande%20dame

Thanks for your comment.

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. My first thought, "I wish my mother were here to see this"

Is the exact same sentence I've been reading all over the internet.

My mother, an accomplished musician who wrote a children's musical like it was a shopping list, a writer had one of the high levels of literary culture in French and English I have ever known, and a gentle soul with a gift for ministry, would also have been overjoyed to see this day.

I would have loved to have met your mother.

For our daughters and granddaughters, let's win this one.

[cali]

4. Your mother sounds wonderful.

I haven't a daughter. I do have a son and I think it will be good for our sons as well.

My mother was also a supporter of reproductive rights. She had a friend who died from an illegal botched abortion and she was ferociously pro-choice.

Both my parents were active dems and they put their money where their beliefs lay. My father was a very early supporter of Carter's and threw a benefit for him.

I'll never forget the Carter inaugural ball I attended- largely because I tripped over George Wallace's wheel chair and my skirt went flying up to my waist. The SS guys were laughing as they helped me up. I fled to the bathroom.

[sheshe2]

5. Pretty amazing life your mother had.

Thanks for sharing her history, cali.

[cali]

6. She would have been excited to see Hillary's success.

She was very committed to electing women to office.

Thanks.

[fleabiscuit]

7. Thank you for sharing that cali. I found it very uplifting. flea