Interesting that women in the West never took up pipes in general. I think mountain women in Appalachia did, but then they became the subject of fun because it was just a distinct group. Some women sophisticates in the Northeast took up pipes, but it was a sort of avant guard rebel type of thing, not quite respectable. Which of course was exactly what those women had in mind. I think it is quite cool and always appreciate it when women pipe smokers join Forums.