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the little woman
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23 the little woman mother was a little under five feet bought her shoes in the children’s department wore tiny hats with veils and bows baked canned cooked and gardened and sewed all our clothes carefully positioning the pattern pieces to get the most out of each bolt of cloth when world war two came ethel mae went to work in the ship yards wore overalls and a cap tilted to one side on blond bobbed curls she was given an award for showing them how to get more parts cut from each piece of sheet metal ...