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I think it was Mary Beth's essay in which when she asked why her interviewee why she stopped working and the the answer was "...because i got married". Like hello? common sense! That's what women DO when they get married. - Emely Amaya | I think it was Mary Beth's essay in which when she asked why her interviewee why she stopped working and the the answer was "...because i got married". Like hello? common sense! That's what women DO when they get married. - Emely Amaya | ||
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| + | The first thing that stuck out to me was the “restrained feminist” or proud-homemaker voice that many of the interviewees seemed to speak with. Sue Conrad noted she considered herself a feminist because she supported the right to vote, but she preferred life as a homemaker and the doctrine of separate spheres. She viewed some feminists as extreme. Virginia Kyser had a similar opinion, stating the feminist movement carried things too far. Connie Barna believed she was not against feminism but that she herself preferred to stay at home and create a pleasant atmosphere. -- Matt Struth | ||
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| + | Another trend that stuck out to me (and seemed to fit very well with what we learned in class) was the occupations of the interviewees. It seemed like upwards of 90% of the interviewees at some point worked as either a teacher or secretary. -- Matt Struth | ||
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| + | The most interesting essay to me was the interview of Sue Conrad. The discussion of segregation in Sue’s early life was completely the opposite of what I would have expected (she said that at a time when integration was a contentious issue, she attended a majority-white integrated school in West Virginia which a black student as the senior class president). The location and timing of this narrative is surprising, but in a good way. -- Matt Struth | ||
