tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post9201454908707769776..comments2023-08-29T07:27:24.934-06:00Comments on The Pajama Gardener: Where women really standCarleen Bricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-65642278570227806302008-10-27T15:34:00.000-06:002008-10-27T15:34:00.000-06:00Thank you for reminding us that although we've com...Thank you for reminding us that although we've come a long way (baby), there is still much work to be done.Rebecca Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564610692580203203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-24143959223960127812008-10-26T17:30:00.000-06:002008-10-26T17:30:00.000-06:00Wow Shauna. I'm shocked, but then I realize I...Wow Shauna. I'm shocked, but then I realize I shouldn't be. An ex-boyfriend & I bought a house together & our male real estate agent refused to deal directly w/me. If the one with the penis wasn't home, he'd just call back.Carleen Bricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-58135614729064886652008-10-26T16:52:00.000-06:002008-10-26T16:52:00.000-06:00It shook me up how many of those advances have com...It shook me up how many of those advances have come during my lifetime. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure we have a right to our own name in every state yet. Here in California my husband and I were able to buy a house under our own names without a single comment, but in Louisiana every legal paper we signed, they would type in my husband's last name after mine, no matter how we filled out the original paperwork. I would always correct it and sign with my real name, but one bank employee told me they were required on the forms they typed up to add the husband's last name to the wife's name.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-82492620714253649262008-10-26T08:10:00.000-06:002008-10-26T08:10:00.000-06:00My thought is women aren't the only ones whose liv...My thought is women aren't the only ones whose lives depend on Obama being elected. But I do agree that he does seem to understand our issues. And the issues of the poor. And the small business owners. And the veterans. And...Mary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04923598644163139339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-3819983231674506242008-10-26T07:53:00.000-06:002008-10-26T07:53:00.000-06:00We've come a long way, but have a long way to go!We've come a long way, but have a long way to go!LadyLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14895667783148669410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-31681523797169199402008-10-25T18:59:00.000-06:002008-10-25T18:59:00.000-06:00I am so with you on this! We need a change in the ...I am so with you on this! We need a change in the government. But we should remember, the odds are better in the US - but when I think of the discrepancy of how women are treated in other countries, I feel sick.Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-17561241368101262622008-10-25T07:35:00.000-06:002008-10-25T07:35:00.000-06:00Very important . . . thanks for sharing this.Let's...Very important . . . thanks for sharing this.<BR/><BR/>Let's turn a few more red states blue!Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-35141767643553002372008-10-24T16:39:00.000-06:002008-10-24T16:39:00.000-06:00Thanks Carleen and Marion for the eye opening stat...Thanks Carleen and Marion for the eye opening statistics. This is why we can never forget where we came from -- or how recently we were there. <BR/><BR/>Vote vote vote!!!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-87043249732131518852008-10-24T15:20:00.000-06:002008-10-24T15:20:00.000-06:00For all of the great women who have been "First La...For all of the great women who have been "First Lady" I would think the country would be further along.<BR/><BR/>I am quite up on the election but I sure get tons of insight from Girlfriend who knows her politics.<BR/><BR/>My Vote: Barack ObamaMichael Horvathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490946095047002839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31902352.post-54559964956321209992008-10-24T14:39:00.000-06:002008-10-24T14:39:00.000-06:00This is so sad...we still have a long way to go.This is so sad...we still have a long way to go.Yasminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847562755202742067noreply@blogger.com