The Women Who Wanted To Program, but never did.

Jessica and her parents greeted each other and then walked to Jessica's car. Instead of going straight home Jessica decided to take her parents to a show at the computer city museum. The show was about famous artists of computer city. Her parents were into art and particularly the artists of computer city even though they did not live in computer city. The exhibit was to end that night so this was the only opportunity they had to see the show before it was packed up and moved to a different museum.

The was some chitchat in the car. And as always Jessica's mother asked her when she was going to settle down. And then there was Jessica getting a little upset at her asking the question. But, it was her mother and she knew her wanted her to find someone and that her mother would never understand that she did not want to find a man and settle down and that she meaning Jessica was fine with living alone and would not mind if she never found a man to settle down with and that she did not need a man for her life to have meaning or to be happy. That was just the way mother were Jessica kept telling herself. The arrived at the museum a little after 7:30pm and Jessica paid for the tickets and then they went into the museum. There were 4 famous artists that were on display. The one that Jessica and her parents were most interested in was Tonya Georgia.

Tonya was born in 1900 in computer city. She was born into a middle class family. Her parents were both art teachers. Her mother being an art teacher and working away from the home was rare in the early 20th century which made Tonya more daring. It was rare for a women artist in the 1920's. I mean it was rare for a women to be an artist in the 1920's in computer city. There were saloons where Tonya would sketch drawings on a napkin and then go back to her studio and create masterful works of painting. She was a struggling artist for about ten years and then she sold one of her paintings to the richest man in computer city and because an instant celebrity and instantly wealthy. Since everyone wanted to be like the richest man in the city everyone wanted to buy one of Tonya's paintings so know she could not paint fast enough and there were waiting lists to get the opportunity to buy on of her treasured paintings.

Tonya was now invited to everyone of computer city's best parties and quoted in all the city's papers. Her opinions were revered and she was even offered a book deal but, it would have taken to much away from her beloved painting so she turned it down but, she did think about it.

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