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Now here’s an intriguing irony. I’d guess most of us Boomers would say the
the women’s movement gained its greatest momentum during our generation, but it wasn't until May 22, 2003 that a woman (that would be Annika Sörenstam) played in a PGA-sanctioned tournament. That is, the first woman to play in a PGA tournament since Babe Zaharias did the same thing—in 1945, the year BEFORE Boomers began to populate the earth.
Here’s another little aside for this week: I don’t know if women or men are the biggest mystery fans, but I know I always loved Perry Mason. The original, not the older Perry Mason version and certainly not the Seventies version, which I never even knew about until today. Sadly, it was May of 1966 when the very last of the original Perry Mason episodes was aired. Here are two possible trivia questions (or answers) for you. The name of the episode: The Case of the Final Fade-Out. The name of the person playing the judge on that episode: Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of the fictional lawyer.
