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This piece was particularly interesting. I think that Ruth Marshak gives insight into the life of women who felt the effects of the war on the homefront in a very different way than most women. She explains how she was relocated to New Mexico, which she initially thought was not a great place to live, but in the end, it was a positive experience for her. I think she reveals how the war really separated men and women during this time. Although Ruth's husband was not away at war, he was still involved in the war effort and she knew very little, if anything about his line of work. All she knew was that she had to pick up her life and move to a remote, secret location. She even comments how "The Tech Area was a great pit which swallowed our scientist husbands out of sight, almost out of our lives." (205) I think this is important because it shows how women, like herself, had to learn to adapt to a life without a [constant] husband. She is an example of a woman who was able to make the best of a wartime situation that she and many other women, did not prefer. -abratchi | This piece was particularly interesting. I think that Ruth Marshak gives insight into the life of women who felt the effects of the war on the homefront in a very different way than most women. She explains how she was relocated to New Mexico, which she initially thought was not a great place to live, but in the end, it was a positive experience for her. I think she reveals how the war really separated men and women during this time. Although Ruth's husband was not away at war, he was still involved in the war effort and she knew very little, if anything about his line of work. All she knew was that she had to pick up her life and move to a remote, secret location. She even comments how "The Tech Area was a great pit which swallowed our scientist husbands out of sight, almost out of our lives." (205) I think this is important because it shows how women, like herself, had to learn to adapt to a life without a [constant] husband. She is an example of a woman who was able to make the best of a wartime situation that she and many other women, did not prefer. -abratchi | ||
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| + | Ruth Marshak seems like an optimistic person who overcame the obstacles in her life without fuss (but plenty of worrying). I liked that she stood by her husband and instead of focusing on the secrets between them too much, she focused on housework, baking cakes (well, avoiding them, really), socializing with other wives and various recreational activities. I am wondering how her experience compares to other wive's whose husbands were deployed overseas and fighting on the warfront. I agree that her life was far from easy since she had to move to a new home, separate herself from her family, and remain clueless when it came to the "secret project." And yet, she lived in a beautiful place, her husband was working safely within the U.S. (although, perhaps she worried over his safety since she was unsure of his work), and they even seemed to enjoy recreational activities together (at least she hints at this when she talks about the physicists being able to partake in such activities despite long work hours). Perhaps not the easiest life, but I don't know if I want to compare her to someone who has a husband overseas. -- CBrau | ||
==Women in the Armed Forces, Marion Stegeman== | ==Women in the Armed Forces, Marion Stegeman== | ||
