Word: namaqualand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...drives a predisposed, infantile husband to lose all interest in his home and accept his wife as he would "an old bird dog." To become adult in marital relations is not enough, says Cohn. Women must turn over a new public leaf. Instead of enthusing "for the missions of Namaqualand," they might pay some attention to "the essentials of local government." Instead of talking complacently about the glories of the U.S. educational system, women might "concern themselves with their community schools" and raise the pay of women teachers. They might also try to help marital problems at their youthful source...
...July 1941, a U-boat took Leibbrandt to a point off desolate Namaqualand, South Africa. With $10,000 and radio equipment he rowed ashore in a rubber dinghy. For three days he walked across the hot plains, finally got a lift to Cape Town. Then he headed for the interior...