> >The following article appeared in our local
newspaper, The Omaha World >Herald, from The Philadelphia
Inquirer: > >REPORT: WOMEN'S WORK ONCE WAS HEAVY
LIFTING > >The weaker sex? Forget it. > >Ancient
skeletons found on a remote island off Scotland showed women did more
>heavy manual work than men 400 years ago, a British scientist reports.
By >examining the spines of people who lived and died on the island of
Ensay >between the 16th and 19th centuries, Joanna Sofaer Deverenski of
Cambridge >University says women suffered physically from strenuous
labour. "We know >that women did most of the heavy lifting
work." > >That's it verbatim, cousins. I thought it might be
interesting to some of you. > >Yours Aye >Johnnye >[
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