America's New Mommy Wars
An Elitist Assault on Working Women?
Two high-profile working mothers in America claim they aren't setting off the 2013 version of the "mommy wars." But, in light of their recent actions, it's hard to view the perspectives of Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo's Marissa Mayer any other way....
Storming the Corridors of Power
AÂ Manifesto for Working Women
Silicon Valley executive Sheryl Sandberg has written a new book in which she calls upon women to storm the corridors of power. The senior Facebook manager has unleashed a new debate about feminism and female ambition that is likely to spread beyond the United States....
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The house, and bank accounts were all in the husband's name. Banks wouldn't give women credit cards.
Working women were few. If they had the education they could get jobs as nurses, or teach in elementary schools. If they didn't have a college education, then they could only get jobs as domestic or waitresses. All low paying jobs.
In the 1960's Helen Gurley Brown wrote Sex and the Single Girl (not to be confused with the movie by the same name.) The idea of unmarried women having a sex life was too controversial for many critics of the book. Even the publisher removed Brown's chapter on birth control methods.
In the 1070's there were changes in the workplace. It seemed strange to see a woman news ancho on TV. At work hospital where I worked, most of the employees were women, but they were hired to scrub floors, empty bed pans, and do nursing. It was surprise to see a woman painter working along with the men. Then the hospital hired a woman security guard. The movement was on.
The mother of the first girl I ever kissed around 1960 was an engineer at General Dynamic and worked on the Atlas missile programs. I found her an inspiration, even though I'm a guy.