You can be really proud to have had such a mother who brought you up to be the good person you are today.

I think most women still work more (work and at home) and earn less than men do.
Times were different back then, but some things haven't changed that much I think. If a beautiful woman would move to the small village I come from, then I am sure all other women would have more than only one eye on her to see if she is smiling to one of their men ;) lol

Cheers and !BEER