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"The Help" moved me to tears!
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 458154" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I could look to make sure but I think in the book it mentions that it begins in 1960 and seems to end right before the passage of the Civil Rights act when all the laws were changed. We were never in that social set, never had help at home, but I knew people who were just like those women, went to school with several of them. </p><p></p><p>And about the wages ... I got my first job, at a large daily newspaper, in 1966. My very first paychecks were for about $75 after taxes and other deductions and that was TWO WEEKS pay, not one! And this was considered a decent job at a well respected company with good benefits. Even considering price differences in those days, unless you had a very well paying job, it was virtually impossible for a young woman on her own, just starting out, to make enough money to live on by herself. The reason a lot more young women lived at home until they married back then was simply because they couldn't afford to move out!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 458154, member: 1883"] I could look to make sure but I think in the book it mentions that it begins in 1960 and seems to end right before the passage of the Civil Rights act when all the laws were changed. We were never in that social set, never had help at home, but I knew people who were just like those women, went to school with several of them. And about the wages ... I got my first job, at a large daily newspaper, in 1966. My very first paychecks were for about $75 after taxes and other deductions and that was TWO WEEKS pay, not one! And this was considered a decent job at a well respected company with good benefits. Even considering price differences in those days, unless you had a very well paying job, it was virtually impossible for a young woman on her own, just starting out, to make enough money to live on by herself. The reason a lot more young women lived at home until they married back then was simply because they couldn't afford to move out! [/QUOTE]
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