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Could Marion be a representation of a “New Woman” for the forties? She is exuberantly adventurous in her letters, thrilling in flying and performing aerobatic stunts. Her use of phrases such as “smackers and much love” and “I sacheted over to Major McConnell’s office” displays quite a bit of sassiness. She also holds an appeal to the male aviators, and fully uses that to her advantage and has fun with it. There is also an independent streak in her, as it is clear she doesn’t like being told what to do, and so doesn’t want to get stuck doing clerical work. However, she still follows the expected path for a woman of her generation: she marries and focuses on raising her children. – Alice W. | Could Marion be a representation of a “New Woman” for the forties? She is exuberantly adventurous in her letters, thrilling in flying and performing aerobatic stunts. Her use of phrases such as “smackers and much love” and “I sacheted over to Major McConnell’s office” displays quite a bit of sassiness. She also holds an appeal to the male aviators, and fully uses that to her advantage and has fun with it. There is also an independent streak in her, as it is clear she doesn’t like being told what to do, and so doesn’t want to get stuck doing clerical work. However, she still follows the expected path for a woman of her generation: she marries and focuses on raising her children. – Alice W. | ||
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| + | I could not be more proud of a woman in the war effort than a woman like Marion Stegeman. As Alice noted I think she was a "new woman" and wore it as a badge on display for everyone to see what she was capable of. I think she strongly differed from typical women of the time and previous wars because she did not romanticize war and when she wrote to her mother she described dangers and death; no she did not see death overseas but could see it on bases and felt the pain of losing a comrade. I found interesting how she compared the death of her classmates and instructor in a plane and to get used to hearing about such incidents to, "fall[ing] down in the bathtubs at home and be killed, or get in a car and meet death." (MAW, 191). Marion's letters home were truly powerful and made me wonder if other WASPS or WAAC's wrote their parents or significant others the same sort of letters, describing the freedoms they felt and also the feeling of loss? -Megan W. | ||
