The following essay was written to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8 and to shine a light on the issue of violence towards women.
On the Street Where I Lived
Humboldt Park was only one block from my house growing up in Racine, Wisconsin. I was born in 1950 and my family moved to the southwest side neighborhood when I was six. The houses were starter homes and the six square blocks south of the park were plotted on a grid and each of the homes were sited identically, small Cape Cod homes with minor embellishments of color, shutters, some with dormers on the second story, and others a living room bay window. There was some comfort and equality in the sameness of my neighborhood. Continue reading