Operating a restaurant in Dinkytown, she was fast becoming a personality especially among university students. College students have always been known to act a bit outside the envelope and, in the 1960 s, unusually so. Students took to the streets in protest marches, many collegians abandoned the moral codes and customs of their parents and became vagabonds and hippies. Good kids were rejecting society s norms and standards, often driving their families to near despair. S ome of this rebelliousness is natural, of course.
Teenagers have to grow up, become independent, and take responsibility for their lives.
The years immediately following high school are typical for that development. The 1960 s was anything but typical. The civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr., the assassinations of the two Kennedy brothers as well as King, the riots at Kent State and dozens of other universities, and the anger over the Viet Nam war poured fuel onto the fires of student rebellion. Minneapolis was no exception. The decade of the 60 s was a time of exceptional turmoil.