Another example of the “Greatest Hits” circa 1950:
“Girls who try to be walking encyclopedias should remember, reference books are never taken out!”
I print these to show millennials and beyond how things have changed since I was an adolescent. A time before equal pay or cancellation were even a fleeting thought in the male mind. Women in the workplace were subjected to rampant sexual innuendo and held to a standard that was as much appearance and attitude as it was job performance. And there was little or no recourse. Even the TV shows portrayed mothers as perfectly coiffed dutiful wives ready with a cocktail and hot dinner upon their husband’s arrival home. And daughters pursued cheerleading and home economics, striving to be a good wife, retail clerk or, for those that dared to dream big, a school teacher.
Thinking back on it weren’t women a lot happier and more satisfied back then? Didn’t it all make more sense?
(Hahahahahahahahaha! A joke. PLEASE don’t tell Linda I said that. She is not as open to my type of humor as one might expect).