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“HerStories of the 1960s”Born in the Middle. Lived on the Extremes.

“HerStories of the 1960s”
Born in the Middle. Lived on the Extremes.

I grew up the middle child in a middle-class family in the middle of the country in the middle of a period of significant social change. For me, the 1960s started with great optimism and excitement as we ran to see the young incoming President, John F. Kennedy, as he rode in the back of a powder-blue convertible waving wildly as his motorcade sped by our home.