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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 | 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 | ||
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| + | Marshak appears to be a very strong individual. Though her scenario was different than most women, it still required a great deal of strength. In reading this, I think that her position could be applied to those wives who were married to men in power. In many of those cases his work life needed to be separate from his personal life and even his marriage. In another sense, I think that Marshak's situation can be related to women married to service members. Her husband was so close, yet so far. Because he could not talk about many things, it was as if her were deployed or separated from her. This emotional strain would take a toll day after day.--MDvorak | ||
==Women in the Armed Forces, Marion Stegeman== | ==Women in the Armed Forces, Marion Stegeman== | ||
