She made doll clothes in a factory for thirty two years. When Mary Poppins was popular, that factory made a hundred thousand dozen outfits for that doll. The outfit included the petticoats, dress, coat, hat, panties, and umbrella.
She was taken out of school at thirteen. The truant officer and a doctor arrived at her home demanding that she return to school. Her mother said that girls did not need school to be mothers and wives and that she needed her at home. The school disagreed, but came to a compromise. She could stay home in the mornings to help her mother. The school system would pay her car fare to school until she turned sixteen. The hours she attended school were one until five in the afternoon. She learned a trade which was sewing. Her graduation certificate shows that she did excellent work in home economics especially sewing and had completed three hundred twelve hours of continuation school hours.
Marie had lots of great aunts that gave her clothes and hats. She would tear them apart and remake them for clothes for herself. She told me everyone thought that she was rich because of the great creations that she made out of cast off clothes. She wanted to be a professional dress designer, but her parents would not allow it. She told me that she got “stepped on” a lot in those days. I smiled at her and told her that she would have made a great woman’s libber. She agreed.
She was taken out of school at thirteen. The truant officer and a doctor arrived at her home demanding that she return to school. Her mother said that girls did not need school to be mothers and wives and that she needed her at home. The school disagreed, but came to a compromise. She could stay home in the mornings to help her mother. The school system would pay her car fare to school until she turned sixteen. The hours she attended school were one until five in the afternoon. She learned a trade which was sewing. Her graduation certificate shows that she did excellent work in home economics especially sewing and had completed three hundred twelve hours of continuation school hours.
Marie had lots of great aunts that gave her clothes and hats. She would tear them apart and remake them for clothes for herself. She told me everyone thought that she was rich because of the great creations that she made out of cast off clothes. She wanted to be a professional dress designer, but her parents would not allow it. She told me that she got “stepped on” a lot in those days. I smiled at her and told her that she would have made a great woman’s libber. She agreed.
Was she upset that her parents didn't want her going to school anymore?
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