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In reply to the discussion: Women with long hair approaching 60? A no-no? [View all]csziggy
(34,115 posts)And a free spirit long before I ever read this poem. When it made a resurgence in the 1990s, I didn't realize the history of it. Now that I know how 'early' it was published, it is even better. Even if I don't like purple, I like the rebellion of wearing purple outfits with a red hat in a period when women's fashion and dress was so repressive for "proper" ladies.
My grandmother, the DAR matron was one of those "proper" types and I early along rebelled against living in her world of dressing up for teas and formal affairs. If I had known of this poem before she died, I would have given her a copy. She wouldn't have understood it, but maybe she would have thought about the possibility of a freer life. I feel so lucky that I came of age after women were freed from the life she lived!