And that hasn't been easy for her. 
I remember how bad it was for women in the 50's and 60's. Women couldn't take out a loan, or even get a credit card without a man co-signing for it.
Back then, women went to college to be a nurse, a librarian, or a teacher, and not much else. Many women who worked held jobs like secretary, switchboard operator, receptionist, clerk...service jobs that coordinated the activities of others.
Very very few had positions of power and authority. And the pay was less than for a man in the same job.
Things have slowly changed for the better over the decades , but misogynistic men want to go back to the "good old days".
As my brother-in-law would say, when he teased his wife, "barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen".
Very few women are willing to go back there. It seems to me that the only ones who are have serious self worth issues.
I can't see the women of this country putting up with that, and I stand solid with them in that regard.
I applaud your independence.
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