Freda Stumpf

Somebody Had to Do It: a Woman's Journey in a Man's World Freda Stumpf Not Indicated edition

Somebody Had To DoIt, and Freda tells of her personal struggle like it was, whether it wasgetting a waterline on her street or getting roughed up by men when she workedin engineering during the early stages of the equal rights movement. After theCivil Rights Act of 1964, men still refused to accept her technical skills, and she was paid less than menwho worked under her control. This book iswritten in five parts and every chapter is a story,. someare illustrated by Freda, another of her abilities. It includes her life as achild in the 1920's, marriage during the Great Depression, and her dynamiccareers working in a man's world. At the age of 70, she joined an EarthwatchExpedition in the South Pacific Islands, where she lived among the natives. Duringa visit to a Tahitian church,the choir director discovered Freda was a great granddaughter of the founder ofthe Martin Guitar, so heintroduced her to Jimmy Buffett who was on the island composing 'One ParticularHarbor.' Buffett gave her a personal,. preview of the song with his Martin Guitar. Freda, now 91, is still actively advocating civil rights.