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Of self-made women who have gone against the grain

 There has always been a debate on the roles of men and women in society; whose job is it to provide? To bring up the kids? Can a woman make her own way through life without the aid of a man? Can she do what he does better?

 Many paths over the years have been opened for women, by women who dared to go against the grain and follow the path to their dreams. None of them have claimed it was easy and some have admitted there were moments it was  tempting to simply slide into the space society has historically dictated, which is, looking to a man as the provider in the home.  

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