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    "ocrText": "-7-\nasked him if he would be ashamed of her, or humiliated, he said:\n\"I always admire those who stand up for principle, and I admire you\nfor this too.\"\nMy mother was not so interested in suffrage, but she was not an\nanti-suffragette. She was a wonderful person - gay - rising above\n0-\ndifficulties, spiritual, always a great woman and a\ngreat lady.\n1955)\nA few days ago some of my friends and I were discussing what older\nwomen in Boston we would most like to resemble. Several distinguished\nladies were mentioned - but when it was my turn I said - \"I'd like to\nbe like my mother.\"\nI want to talk a bit about the mother-daughter relationship. It\nis sometimes complicated by friction, jealousy, lack of understanding.\nI've known so many daughters who rebelled against all their families\nstood for, but who in time became close to their families again. This\nusually happened when they found love and happiness in their own marriages,\nor success in their jobs.\nThe mixed feelings of some mothers of the present day are shown\nin the letter received by Dorothy Dix. It said: \"I an broken-hearted\nbecause my daughter wants to marry a man who is not of our religion and\nwho hasn't got a penny to his name. How can I stop her from marrying\nhim - and on which side does the bride's mother sit?\"\nMaybe some mothers are too busily engaged in outside activities to\nhave time for serenity and understanding and just plain fun with the\nfamily. With the constantly mounting pressure upon women to run the\nworld as well as their own family it ia something to guard against."
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