I stumbled upon this post the other day about women’s rights and living in the 1960s era, and what women in the 1960s were not allowed to do:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/07/living/sixties-women-5-things/
I thought it was very interesting because of Solace. Solace is a novella, the first in a series about soldiers returning from Vietnam. It is written in the late sixties, early 70s, and it tackles many issues that were faced in that timeframe: ongoing racism, animosity for war and the soldiers who fought in it, and women who were just finding their rights and, in some areas, still fighting for their rights.
In the small (and made up) town of Chapman Springs, Texas, women are fighting for their rights to work, to own their own businesses, and to be recognized as an important and individual part of society. At the same time, the Vietnam War is going strong and returning soldiers are struggling to adapt to their world when they return home. In Chapman Springs, a group is formed that does not support these soldiers, or these women. This group of men want to control Chapman Springs with an iron fist and see that nothing changes, nothing grows, and yet nothing remains the same. They are called the MAWB, men against women-owned businesses. And yet many people say they are against women and blacks, against the war and the soldiers returning from the war, and against anything that doesn’t conform to their beliefs.
I wasn’t even doing research at the time the above linked post made it on my homepage search engine, but I consider it a sign to keep writing the novella series I’m writing, especially at a time I was having doubts.
So thank you, CNN.
