Chatham Hall Elephant Women

Yesterday (Tuesday) at Soil for Life, the gentlemen with whom we were working referred to some of the girls, several times, as "elephant women." When requesting a certain student to do a specific job (pushing a heavy wheel barrow, for example), they would say, "I need an elephant woman for this job." We later learned that "elephant woman" is how some South Africans refer to a strong woman. Margaret's mom, Kathelen, did explain to them that that specific term would not be well received by all women in the United States. The men, however, were quite happy with the work that these girls did and felt it was an honor to be called "elephant woman."

Today's blog will be up in the next hour or so, if I encounter no technical difficulties.