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What I want to say makes sense in my head, so let's see if I can spill it out for you all. What I noticed in these interviews ties in a lot with what some other people said about being happy housewives and mothers. For most of these women, it seemed to me that independence was not a top priority, and when I say independence, I mean the type that most of us strive for today by going to college, getting jobs (professions) and taking our time finding marriage. The idea of an MRS degree still floats around, but it's falling further and further into obscurity these days. These interviews really placed a "face" I guess you could say with the time period. I mean, yes, some of these women did go off and get jobs and help fight in the war, but most of them went into the commonly thought of "female positions." A lot of what we talked about in class seemed to kind of become more apparent for me while reading these interviews. --Kelly Wuyscik | What I want to say makes sense in my head, so let's see if I can spill it out for you all. What I noticed in these interviews ties in a lot with what some other people said about being happy housewives and mothers. For most of these women, it seemed to me that independence was not a top priority, and when I say independence, I mean the type that most of us strive for today by going to college, getting jobs (professions) and taking our time finding marriage. The idea of an MRS degree still floats around, but it's falling further and further into obscurity these days. These interviews really placed a "face" I guess you could say with the time period. I mean, yes, some of these women did go off and get jobs and help fight in the war, but most of them went into the commonly thought of "female positions." A lot of what we talked about in class seemed to kind of become more apparent for me while reading these interviews. --Kelly Wuyscik | ||
| + | I think I know what you are getting at Kelly. Like these women did want jobs, education and all but at the end of the day it was also a competition as to who got with the best husband and the best family, house, etc...Girls didn't only have to focus on school but in looking available and pretty for men.- Emely Amaya. | ||
Overall I think what I liked most about reading these interviews was that these women really were the normal women of the century. While our readings for class are pretty well rounded, when writing my paper I found it extremely hard to find experiences in the readings that would relate to my interviewee because she was not that active and was a military wife, not in the military herself and unfortunately there were no readings about the experiences of military wives (though I think that would have been a very interesting read). So I definitely thought these papers and the projects were useful in giving a realistic face to the women of this century. - Elizabeth Frank | Overall I think what I liked most about reading these interviews was that these women really were the normal women of the century. While our readings for class are pretty well rounded, when writing my paper I found it extremely hard to find experiences in the readings that would relate to my interviewee because she was not that active and was a military wife, not in the military herself and unfortunately there were no readings about the experiences of military wives (though I think that would have been a very interesting read). So I definitely thought these papers and the projects were useful in giving a realistic face to the women of this century. - Elizabeth Frank | ||
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My favorite paper was Justin's about Charlotte Corbett Parker. Being one of the foot soldiers of desegregation, and having all of the white kids ignoring her, must have been difficult. However, she went on to become an accomplished woman and doesn't appear bitter in spite of her difficult encounters with Jim Crow and desegregation. I think there is a lot we can learn as men and women from the civil rights generation of the Fifties and Sixties. It takes a strong person to just ignore the hatred being directed at them and channeling that abuse and treatment into a positive life experience... - Phil N. | My favorite paper was Justin's about Charlotte Corbett Parker. Being one of the foot soldiers of desegregation, and having all of the white kids ignoring her, must have been difficult. However, she went on to become an accomplished woman and doesn't appear bitter in spite of her difficult encounters with Jim Crow and desegregation. I think there is a lot we can learn as men and women from the civil rights generation of the Fifties and Sixties. It takes a strong person to just ignore the hatred being directed at them and channeling that abuse and treatment into a positive life experience... - Phil N. | ||
| − | I got the vibe that a lot of these women did understand the importnace of being strong, independent, working women yet also were aware that they had to stay at home to keep their family together. Emely | + | I got the vibe that a lot of these women did understand the importnace of being strong, independent, working women yet also were aware that they had to stay at home to keep their family together. Emely Amaya. |
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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 | ||
