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Originally Posted by cjs216  I did not have one. I was going to college to become an engineer, not get married and play house.  Maybe some people (girls/women) still have hope chests, but I would think (hope!) by and large that women have moved past the concept of a hope chest (dowry chest, whatever you want to call it). According to wikipedia, they were popular into the mid-50s.
IMHO of course.
cj/ |
I don't see what that has to do with going to school to be an engineer? I went to be an architect (NJIT) but still planned on having a house and family someday? I would hope that you wouldn't think any woman would have to actually CHOOSE one or the other? And IMO it isn't a dowry, but a loving gesture from a mom to a daughter to get her started on her own?
I thought women's lib was from the 60's?
IMHO of course.