“So what do people see when they read that well-behaved women rarely make history? Do they imagine good-time girls in stiletto heels or do-good girls carrying clipboards and passing petitions? Do they envision an out-of-control hobbyist or a single mother taking down a drunk in a bar? I suspect that it depends on where they stand themselves.” PeopleWellsMotherGirlImagineDependsBarsPassingPassingsDrunkGood TimesSuspectsHeelsPetitionsGood GirlSingle MotherStilettosClipboardsStiletto Heels Book:Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Source: Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
“I liked fetching the washing from the Moscrops', and my mother liked washing for Mrs. Moscrop better than for anyone else. That was because Mrs. Moscrop wrapped a bar of yellow soap in with the washing. There wasn't anyone else who thought of a thing like that.” BookMotherBarsYellowSoapWashing Book:My Son, My Son Source: My Son, My Son