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To: jlallen who wrote (30360)	1/27/1999 6:13:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

What an idiotic way to characterize the situation. The medical profession was the top profession in terms of prestige in the 50s and early 60s. Women were completely discriminated against, even in the fields where there was demand for female doctors (OB/GYN). There was nothing you could do to get around it - nothing. There was no way to get into Stanford medical school if you were a woman (except for one esoteric case involving a latin american woman who made a 10 million $$ contribution to the medical school). My mother was the #1 nurse in the country at that time - you dont know what you are talking about (again).

To: jlallen who wrote (30360)	1/27/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 67261

50's Hmmm. There is a lot of focus on the legal changes and most of the cultural looking back paints women of the 50s as meek and weak. Nobody ever talked over my mother in the fifties. She held her own in the home and at the world of work. There was a certain regard most people had for a woman who was somebody's mother at that time. To simply bring up the term "your mother" brought an awareness and anticipation of the scary unknown. I venture to say, even though legally the system would regard her with having more rights today; if she were entering the world of work today it would be in a much more subdued manner.