CHAPTER 4
KNOW YOUR PLACE!

Nellie had to keep a lot of her ideas to herself. She knew her mother would not agree. In those days, children did what their parents told them to do without question. Nellie was not afraid of her mother. She respected her. She knew her mother was not right all the time, but she never went against her.

Nellie's mother was a hard-working woman. She believed that it was a woman's duty to do what her husband told her to do. She thought that men should lead the way in life and that women should follow.

Nellie believed that women were as good as men. She believed that women could make the world a better place if they had more say in running their lives.

Girls grew up taking orders from their husbands. When their husbands died, their sons told them what to do.