What was it like?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. My grandmother had an a abortion

Probably in the 40's.

She had an alcoholic brutal abusive husband.

She already had 8 kids.
They lived through the depression.

My grandmother back than was poor.
She was dependant on her piece of shit husband to financially survive.

She worked at a upholstery factory.
However she had a house and a little bit of land. When her husband died of TB

She was finally free.

But patriarchy left her with scars. She always waited on men,did all the cleanup after Xmas dinner.

All the women cleaned up without ever asking the men to get off thier asses to help.
The men took her for granted. It never occured to her to tell the men to help her.