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Ellen Kornmehl MD's avatar

To think, women must have borne the loss of a child as a not uncommon occurrence - here is a glimpse of true friendship and solidarity

Cate Salenger's avatar

Yes. In those days, many children died in childhood Interesting take on the men.

Karl Krumins's avatar

what a sensitive insightful soul miss Evans was.

Michael Kupperburg's avatar

After Death, despite all the talk, mourning, and remembering, the rest is silence.

REPUBLIA's avatar

Though women were made full equal members of our Republic the day it was formed, and they became fellow republican-democrats with men 11 years, 11 months, & 7 days later when our Constitution was ratified (June 21, 1788), representation among our public servants in Government has not kept with the times. This is how we change that:

https://open.substack.com/pub/republia/p/for-the-preservation-of-freedom-and?r=4ucf6d&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

Chatty Hermit's avatar

Having experienced a Great Loss, I know she is right. I would have loved to have read this then ...

Cate Salenger's avatar

So brilliant. "...it will only get more and more bearable as other thoughts and feelings recover some power." I can't think of any way to describe more clearly how one might recover from the loss.

Amazing. And helpful.