Slide 4
« Back to galleryItem 4 of 80« Previous | Next »
Description:
Photo of Miriam Allen de Ford, 1974.
NARRATOR: So did Miriam Allen deFord, while she was still a high school student in Philadelphia in 1901. She is now 85 years old.
MIRIAM ALLEN deFORD: I think I was about six or seven. And the cook got married. Some kind of argument came up, some of his friends said, "don't let her answer you back, start your marriage right", so he promptly knocked her flat on the floor. I went just boiling with indignation, and I remember saying, "He knocked her down because she wasn't as strong as he was, and if I ever get strong enough, I'll get up and fight back."
Listen to this section of audio.
Photo Courtesy of:
Shena Berger Gluck