What a daring woman this author was. During her lifetime, women were not allowed much freedom. They were told what to think, how to behave, and they were taught to believe they were "owned" by their husbands (or fathers first)

Today we American women have an "invisable bhurka" which we wear in the work place and actually everywhere. The glass ceiling was almost cracked by Hillary Clinton, but some women and most men prefer the security of letting men rule them.

Montgomery must have suffered a great deal for her "stepping out", like the suffragettes, and other women who make a difference in our lives, none are given enough credit. Our daughters and young women today do not know how women could not even own property or vote until strong women stood up and demanded rights.