The Women in my family have always had jobs. Fulltime, parttime, paid work.

The message was, get as much education as you can, no one can take that away from you.

If you have to wait on a man to fix something, you could be there forever, so, change your own tire, replace radiator hoses, know where air and other fluids go in the car. Mow your own lawn, mix oil and gas for fuel for the 2 stroke motorcycle.. the list is endless.

I can remember testing tubes out of our tv at the electronics store to get the right tube to make it work again.