ron2
Posted : 9/19/2008 6:25:21 PM
I live too far away to get channel 13. But I would watch it if I could. Maybe it will be somewhere on satellite.
And I say hurrah!
My mother was strong, independent, and smart (smarter than I am). She had more guts in her pinkie finger than most people have in their whole body and that's not just a superlative. She made a career for herself in a man's world doing highly technical work. She was what they used to call a systems engineer. She worked for a company called Cummins-Allison, which later got bought out by REI. They built computers to spec for customers. She designed the software. Most of her experience had been on the IBM 360 Mainframe. She started out in the 60's as a keypunch operator in the data processing dept of Phillips 66 in California. As a software systems engineer, she could program in assembly, Fortran, Cobol, and RPG I and RPG II, the latter of which was the most popular for businesses. Later, as an independent contractor, she did such work for NBC in Chicago and First Bank in Houston.
She did this without a college degree. She did this without a high school diploma. She did this in spite of pain from her crippling bout of Rheumatoid Arthritis as a teenager. She did this while raising two boys, mostly on her own.
In looks, I favor her. I talk like her. Much of my personality is from her. She wasn't perfect but she's a good enough example for me as to how to behave as an adult.
Born Doskie Cook, Aug. 22, 1945. Passed away Mar. 14, 1987. May God keep you in His arms and welcome you to Heaven.
So, I know something about strong, capable women and that, in reality, they can do the work of anyone and gender really has nothing to do with it.
Another example, Lee's widow is also an electrician (for about 31 years.)
Women can do anything. Computers, electrical work, government.