WE’VE COME A LONG WAY

In the midst of the past 60 years a lot of good things have happened.  We hear a lot about the bad stuff, but sociological changes, inventions and medicine have revolutionized our lives for the better.

Birth control pill-  Women have a choice.  They now have an option to limit the size of their family.

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Polio vaccine-  Polio was a scourge in the 1950s.  My mother lived in constant fear that one of her 7 children would come down with it.

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Voting and Civil Rights Act passed-  Long overdue.

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Election of our first black president-  That didn’t seem possible, but we did it!

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More liberal thinking about gays and lesbians-  In many states same-sex marriage is allowed.

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Coronary bypass surgery-  Heart problems took too many of my ancestors. 

Great to know something can be done about it now.

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Married women working outside the home-  Good to have a choice.
Again, it would be nice if equal pay were involved.

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Automatic dishwashers-  Although invented earlier they didn’t become available commercially until the 1970s.  Now, thankfully, no one has to hear “whose turn is it to do the dishes?”

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Air conditioning-  My family lived in Florida in the 50s and 60s, in a big house with one air conditioned room.  All of us camped out in that one room!
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