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julia sugarbaker a.k.a. the terminator. she was everything i wanted to be; beautiful, educated, enterprising, classy and sassy. just once in life i want to so wittily tell off an offender in a manner that would make even aaron sorkin say, "well done." alas, i'm afraid i don't think that quickly, get back to you tomorrow?
being raised by a single mother in the south, julia was my second role model. a single working woman who still found time for her away at college son, her friends and her civic duties. (yes i realize she was widowed and my mom divorced, we will get to mary jo on another day) she was proud of her roots yet unafraid of the changing culture of the u.s. in the mid 80's.
she was a church going liberal in the south at a time when women were voted against as ministers, gays were viciously persecuted, the pledge of allegiance was said in school and the war between the sexes raged. she managed to stand her ground making passionate, educated arguments and proved women could and should have a voice.
did she ever have a voice. i lived for the moments she'd tell off some unjust, rude or silly behaving person in such a manner they were left speachless. in my mind, they never spoke again. she was a loyal sister and friend, taking up for everyone that mattered to her even when the subject was one she didn't totally support. one of my favorite "for the record" was unleashed on the current a caddy miss georgia world in defense of julia's sister suzanne, miss georgia world 1976.
"... and that, marjorie, just so you will know, and your children will someday know, is the night the lights went out in georgia!"
so on behalf of women everywhere, i want to thank you, julia sugarbaker. you are our
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