A Lifetime Filled With Change
Malvina Reynolds was born
at the turn of the 20th century.
1899 turned to 1900.
She lived a lifetime filled with change.
Telephones were new but becoming widely used,
cities were being electrified.
First vacuum cleaner -- 1902.
First flight by the Wright brothers,
First World Series,
First crayons -- 1903.
Women were given the right to vote -- 1920.
Television was invented -- 1927.
Segregation and racial oppression escalated.
The Civil Rights movement
stood up and sat down
until
(and after)
the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
Vietnam, Nixon, Apple Computers, Sony Walkmans.
Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Malvina Reynolds lived a lifetime filled with change.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017
This is the time of my grandparents, too, rather amazing that they saw and endured such change. I like reading about it, and this part, Mary Lee:
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stood up and sat down"