tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112025224383333087.post8763227493079645140..comments2024-01-24T05:39:11.144+00:00Comments on Margaret James: One hundred years ago - what has changed?Margaret Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979380013524036042noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112025224383333087.post-42701996167622452602014-08-04T11:45:01.901+01:002014-08-04T11:45:01.901+01:00Thank you for your comments, ladies. I have to own...Thank you for your comments, ladies. I have to own up now and admit I have never got down on my knees to scrub a kitchen floor! #BornLiberated? Margaret Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979380013524036042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112025224383333087.post-51588593589902369702014-08-03T22:50:04.207+01:002014-08-03T22:50:04.207+01:00I have to say that I am lucky, as my husband does ...I have to say that I am lucky, as my husband does an awful lot around the house. And I usually get to choose which 'outings' and holidays we go on. But is that because I am now nearly 70 years old?! It was a different 'kettle of fish' when I was younger, and bringing up the children in the 1960s! I used to go apple picking, and house cleaning, as well as everything else you mention. So maybe getting older has it's advantages for women. Great post ....Rosemary Ann Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12409727371767017403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112025224383333087.post-83015110301318941142014-08-03T19:42:33.566+01:002014-08-03T19:42:33.566+01:00Great reminder, Margaret, that there's still a...Great reminder, Margaret, that there's still a way to go. BTW I saw a copy of a 1911 census form recently where the women had left the house for the night (which made it illegal for them to be added to the form) since 'if they don't count, they will not be counted'.Elizabeth Duciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11746520881833058618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112025224383333087.post-58359168429873261382014-08-02T12:29:26.568+01:002014-08-02T12:29:26.568+01:00Hmmm - some people have a long way to go!Hmmm - some people have a long way to go!Margaret Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979380013524036042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112025224383333087.post-73128122439489062972014-08-01T19:37:05.118+01:002014-08-01T19:37:05.118+01:00Thought-provoking post, Margaret. You're so ri...Thought-provoking post, Margaret. You're so right about attitudes today. My own husband does more than his fair share around the house but the husband of a friend of mine is a neanderthal and won't lift a finger!Anne L Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669443897089579119noreply@blogger.com