The roles that the woman had back then was horrible, they were expected to do everything for the husband or even for themselves a certain way. It didn't really make an since to me for the girls to go to school all that time and then go get married and be a stay home mom. Woman back then were expected to have dinner at the table, the house clean and take care of the child. Katherine thought that woman could do both, go to school and get married.
Betty did have a very big reaction on Joan's acceptance to Yale. Betty still didn't see the way Katherine saw things on how she can go to school and be married. She was pretty upset because she wanted Joan to have a life like hers. They were suppose to just get married and stay at home with the kids and take care of their husbands. If I was Betty I might have had the same reaction as her if I didn't understand Katherine's point of view. Back then that's what the woman always knew was to get married and take care of the family, they didn't believe that you could work or go to school and still be married.
I think that the box that they put the women in back then was pretty...mmm upsetting but at the same time I can see both perspectives. Also being at school and having children has proven to cause problems if you ask me. Parents play a huge role in their lives, especially mothers.
ReplyDeleteWomen were basically shut out of all the things the men did and I didn't understand it neither why the women went to school and then just ended up getting married and staying home.
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