Thanks for posting that update of history. It is indeed sugar coated and filtered as we are taught it. We might add to that list of realities that it pretty well left women out altogether and placed them under an entirely different existence, not as full citizens until the 1920s or even later. In spite of Abigail Adams' plea "Don't forget the 'Ladies' " both the 'ladies' and the women were indeed forgotten and left politically powerless until recent times. Thanks again for that essay. Joyce M. Tice <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm">Tri-County Genealogy Site of Joyce M. Tice</A>