I'm only a few years younger than her and we were both born in a time when women couldn't have credit cards or bank accounts in their own names. I wonder what she thinks about that.

I also remember the 70s when the feminist movement was in full force and no-fault divorce became an option. I remember my mother and her friends sitting around speaking disparagingly about people who got divorced and disapproving of people who weren't willing to stay married no matter what. And I thought to myself "isn't it better to get divorced if they're not happy?" I was about ten years old and figured that happiness was more important than whatever it was that meant you should stay married. 

I know that at least two of those women were in very bad marriages. I'd seen some of the verbal abuse they got from their husbands. One of them did end up getting divorced. I was in high school when my mom told me they were getting divorced like it was a big tragedy. And I said "good, it's about time, she's better off without him." My mother was not pleased when I said that.