Redstocking Grandma
Redstocking Grandma
- Location
- South Shore< long Island, New York,
- Birthday
- July 17
- Title
- Overlord
- Company
- Synchronicity Etc
- Bio
- My name is Mary Jo Koch. Call me Mary Jo, Red, or Redstocking Grandma. I am the matriarch of a large extended family--4 daughters, 4 grandchildren under 2 1/2, 5 younger brothers, 11 nieces and nephews, 4 great nieces and nephews, 45 younger first cousins. I
have been a librarian, editor, social worker, breastfeeding counselor, full-time mother for 15 years, 24/7 caregiver for my mother for 4 years until her death in 2004. Redstockings were a radical feminist group that played a key role in the women's liberation movement.
Helping me escape from OS PM and Email me
redstockinggrandma45@gmail.com
My major blog is
redstockinggrandma1945.blogspot.com
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Excellent post.”
February 04, 2010 09:57PM - “I bought my Long Island
house for $88,000 in 1983. At
the
height of the housing
b…”
February 04, 2010 09:54PM - “I am much more a novel
reader than a TV watcher. But
part of
the appeal of a
comp…”
February 02, 2010 12:51PM - “Strangely I know 7
people who are born on
Groundhog Day,
including my
brother. I…”
February 02, 2010 11:02AM - “What glorious pictures!
This would be a great idea for
an
Open Call..”
February 01, 2010 12:02PM
Redstocking Grandma's Links
- Archives
- Mary Jo or Mary Joan
- Growing Book Worms
- Missish Damsels in Distress
- Don't You Dare Call Me Grandma or Granny
- Where Are Your Old Posts?
- Redstocking Grandma
Donate to Partners in Health for Haiti
Update on Haitian Relief:
My daughter who works for an International Peace organization across the street from the United Nations, has many UN contacts. She just emailed me this.
"A lot of people I know who are much more knowledgeable than I am about Haiti recommend donating to Partn… Read full post »
Don't You Dare Call Me Granny or Grandma
I expanded this post in include a tutorial, since some comments made it evident I wasn't perfectly clear.
Who Are Redstockings?
"Redstockings" was a name taken in 1969 by one of the founding women's liberation groups of the 1960's to represent the union of two traditi… Read full post »
Why Are Mommy Wars Not Daddy Wars?
Read Diana Ayala's terrific The Mommy Wars: Another Sign Nothing Has Changed . Incredibly and disgracefully, Diana's excellent post, published last October, got two comments and 2 ratings. Sadly, that was Diana's last post. I urg… Read full post »
Are Feminists Raising Their Sons to Be Misogynists?
Disclaimer: This title was meant to be provocative. My feminist friends faced more social pressure trying to free their sons from sexism than I did with my daughters.
Trying to Stay Sane on OS
I have missed you greatly. Repeatedly I tell myself that OS should not be subjected to my manic eruptions and temporarily retire.
I have made serious resolutions to stay out of other people's fights, to have my husband approve my posts, to avoid blog… Read full post »
Emma the Bold--Nonsexist Childrearing Project Open Call
I just did a search on nonsexist childrearing on OS and the few posts are all mine. Is the term obsolete?
Nonsexist childrearing plays a vital role in the struggle against misogyny and misandry. In the 70s and 80s, I was obsessed with freeing my four daughters from traditional gender role… Read full post »
Mary Jo or Mary Joan; German Koch or Husbands' English Names
June 15, 1968, Both
22
December 1, 2001, MJ 56; Andy
40
At age 64, I still don't know my name. It's more serious than the Redstocking Grandma, Cassandra Woolf, MJK split. .I was baptized Mary Joan Koch. My family has always called me… Read full post »
Grandma Nolan and Mary Jo, 1947
Great
Grandma Nolan, 1974
One of my most cherished possessions is my grandmother's small 1980 datebook. It lists the birthdays of all her children, their spouses, her grandchildren, their spouses, and her great-grandchildren. All of us could
Growing Book Worms
1951
In my baby book my mom wrote: "A book worm--she loved all books. At 2 years her favorites were Dumbo, Children's Garden of Verses, Alice in Wonderland. Was always eager for Cinderella, Goldilocks, etc." My parents read to us every single night. I left home f/
… Read full post »Penguins--Catholic Nuns
This blurry picture from 1959 evokes many
vivid memories, whether fond or not I am still puzzling out. From
first grade through high school graduation, I was taught by the
Dominican Sisters of Amityville, Long Island. I never considered
for a moment sending my kids to Catholic scho… Read full post »
The Worm Turns--Younger Sibling Retaliates
I had always been fascinated
how early the younger sibling figures out how to revenge herself .
From my journal entry in 1974, when Rosalind was 15 months old and
Emma was 3, just starting nursery school:
"When Emma came home from nursery school, she asked me
Duck and Cover, McCarthy, Assassinations, Vietnam, Jail
Presidential Candidates of 2044
The Future
Radical feminist that I was, I… Read full post »
Missish Damsels in Distress --Open Call Brouhaha Past
Donating to Haitian Relief
"Single Fathers," "Full-Time Fathers," "Daddy Wars"
I have just learned the vital importance of comprehensive tagging.
I have spent the last few days looking for posts on the daddy wars, full-time fathers, single fathers, nonsexist childrearing, misandry, stay-at-home fathers. If I do a general search, I find many posts not on the topic I want t… Read full post »
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