![]() I suppose it came from the Daughters’ magazine since she never read anything else. On the day in 1948 that I got my first period, my grandmother gave me a clipping. We call it “rearing.” If the rearing is successful, it results in that perfection of femininity known as a lady. The sweetening process that feminists call “socialization” is simply a less intense version of what goes on in every Southern family. ![]() If you wish to understand the American woman, study the Southern woman. There is most assuredly a California girl, but if anyone spoke of a California lady, even Phil Donahue and Alan Alda would laugh. There is a Midwestern farm wife but not a Midwestern lady. ![]() ![]() There is a New England old maid but not a New England lady. THERE are ladies everywhere, but they enjoy generic recognition only in the South. ![]()
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