As Women Advance in Workplace, Men Also Win

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In spring 1963, the parents down the street relented and told their daughter they were willing to send her to college. She wanted to study biology but that was deemed unfeminine, though home economics was acceptable.

The daughter was the oldest and had three younger brothers. The parents had long planned college for them. But in the ethos of the time, it seemed a waste of money to educate a girl who was destined to spend her life as a housewife and mother.

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As Women Advance in Workplace, Men Also Win

Younger readers may be horrified at this story but older ones know such feelings and beliefs were too often the norm when Eisenhower or Kennedy was in the White House. Today, this woman ru...

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