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Desired Then Fired

A limerick about the bewildering history of women in the workplace

By DestinyPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Desired Then Fired
Photo by Sinitta Leunen on Unsplash

A working woman in the Great Depression was publicly demonized,

but a decade later, the country needed her--magically, now she was prized.

Wages and unions and daycares, oh my!

Never before was femme-ployment so high.

But the soldiers came home and it was made known that the women would now be excised.

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Destiny

Like most people, I started writing because I loved reading and felt the silent power of printed words.

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