Cookies and Tea

Hillary Clinton’s comment that she is not baking cookies and having teas is offensive (March 17). She should already know that there is an enormous amount of real work that goes on that is not validated by a paycheck stub. Nor is it given titles of status such as “president, attorney or chairman.” The work is being done by people with titles like neighbor, friend, parent and volunteer.

When there is time to bake cookies, they are not for some June Cleaver image to be presented to children arriving from school. Usually they are sold as fund-raisers that support community activities, or they are served at teas often given to introduce voters to political candidates.

AVALON HILL, Long Beach