Memory
Cloth – MISS ROSEMARY
I woke up
one morning thinking about who inspired us to believe we could be more than the
limiting feminine stereotype of wife and mother.
I asked Professor Barbara Ewell
who inspired her to create a life larger than seemed possible growing up in
Baker LA. She described Miss Rosemary White who lived in the Big House (it had
2 stories) with her mother, Leonora, and sisters Miss Angie, Miss Pearl, Miss
Mattie. Her sister-in-law, Florence, lived just down the street.. Rosemary was on the City Council
and was the person who always helped those in need, in spite of serious
rheumatoid arthritis.
I’ve made
a FaceBook page, Inspiring Women, where I invite others to tell the stories or
show their art about who inspired them.
Made 1/5/15
Recalling 1954 – 65
