Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Yesterday my friend took me to Rosie the Riverter National Monument and we saw two films about the Richmond Shipyards during World War II and then a park ranger, Betty Reed Salosky spoke.  She was amazing.  It was as inspiring as hearing Shirley Chishom all those years ago.  She is 95, and just returned from 10 days in Washington, D.C., celebrating the opening of the African American Museum on the Mall.  She worked in a segregated factory in Richmond as a 20 year old, as part of the war effort.  Her grandmother was a slave.  She has seen so much history, and is so wise with such perspective.  I'll never forget her speak.  Living history or oral history is so much the best.  World War II was the beginning of the civil rights movement that gained momentum in the sixties, and the gradual integration and acceptance of women, blacks, and other races and ethnicities in the shipyards was a powerful force for change.  I wish every American could hear Betty speak and I can't imagine a better time than before the election.  She's on YouTube, because she gave a talk last year at Google and they videoed it.  Introduce yourself to an amazing woman, and listen and learn.