INTRODUCTION

My wife, Julie, and I decided that our stories chronicling our two families’ nudist lifestyle must start with who and how the first person in each of our families discovered nudism. This story documents how Marion, Roger’s mom, began her family’s journey into the wholesome nudist lifestyle.

HOME LIFE

Marion, grew up as a single child on a family farm near Phillipsburg, Ohio. She was a popular strong willed, hard working over achiever and did well in school. During her senior year in high school Marion was elected as class treasurer, was active in the Drama club and was president of the Speech and Debate club. She earned several awards and distinctions for her scholastic and service club achievements. The most important, and eventually life changing, award was a scholarship to attend the Columbia Business College in Chicago.

Despite her many successes she hated her home life. A big factor was her parents’ disdain for the social and scholastic activities that she so loved. Being strict religious fundamentalists they strongly objected to all of her extracurricular activities and increasing independence. Their wish was for Marion to graduate from high school, marry a suitor selected by her father and assume her station as an obedient housewife.

After considerable debate and angst, eventually overcoming her parents’ objections, Marion was allowed to accept the business school scholarship for one year and to return home for the Christmas and Easter breaks. Her parents agreed to send her money to cover those travel costs. That summer she took on several part time jobs in order to save enough money for her anticipated school expenses.

OFF TO COLLEGE

In mid August Marion traveled to Chicago to arrange for her school and living accommodations. On her arrival she was caught up in the massive celebrations in the streets of Chicago for VJ Day, the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII. At school she was assigned a bed and desk in the women’s dorm where four students shared a bedroom but had to use a communal bathroom and shower serving the entire floor. The communal showers were somewhat of a shock for her because it was her first exposure at being with or even seeing other naked women.