Well, did any of you women stay home from work as a protest this week? I didn’t think so. I didn’t see any of you marching in the streets wearing vulgar pink hats either. We don’t do that in Laclede County. We’ve never done it, not our thing. Missouri women, especially those of us who live and work in the out-state areas, have way too many other things to do, like going to work every day to put food on the table and buy gas for the car, and cooking and doing the laundry, and volunteering at church or other organizations. I’ve been doing some history research, and hard work, sacrificial love for family and country, and compassion for others is firmly engrained in the nature of women in this area. It didn’t just start during the Civil War period, but I have some interesting stories about how it was demonstrated during that time right here in Laclede County. Missouri was a divided state during the war, and Laclede County was a divided county. The county was home base for th