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In 1906 I got barely over 14 years old, and it was my big day. My old sister, Helen, arrived to my room, got me by the hands, and sat me down on the bed. She said, "You've always been a good gal, Maude, and done what I told you. Now you're going to be a wedded woman, and he will be the top of the house. When you go home tonight after your party, regardless of what he wants to do for you, you have to let him get it done. Do you understand?" I didn't understand, but I nodded my mind anyhow. It sounded bizarre to me, the way so many things did. I'd do what she told me. I didn't have a choice, any more than I'd had a choice in being given birth to.
