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I found the different experiences interesting, but the theme of education united a lot of the essays I read (O'Keefe, Fitch, Whiteaker, Levine, and others). I think just the fact that all of us, the interviewers, are ourselves benefiting from higher education means that the interviewees that we chose to interview (whether we're related to them, or they are close family friends, or other convenient arrangement) are probably in a similar socioeconomic class and probably have similar views as to the importance of education. In other words, just the fact that we are the interviewers means that a common theme in the stories of the people we interview will be education of some sort or another. Most subjects participated in some sort of college (whether 4-year or 2-year) or sometimes job training (such as secretarial school), and their views on the importance of education may very well have been passed on to us, the interviewers and the recipients of this history. --Sarah Smethurst | I found the different experiences interesting, but the theme of education united a lot of the essays I read (O'Keefe, Fitch, Whiteaker, Levine, and others). I think just the fact that all of us, the interviewers, are ourselves benefiting from higher education means that the interviewees that we chose to interview (whether we're related to them, or they are close family friends, or other convenient arrangement) are probably in a similar socioeconomic class and probably have similar views as to the importance of education. In other words, just the fact that we are the interviewers means that a common theme in the stories of the people we interview will be education of some sort or another. Most subjects participated in some sort of college (whether 4-year or 2-year) or sometimes job training (such as secretarial school), and their views on the importance of education may very well have been passed on to us, the interviewers and the recipients of this history. --Sarah Smethurst | ||
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| + | This assignment is really interesting, especially getting to see how varied these experiences are. Naturally, the nature of the class and assignment contributes to the impression that there was a sense of comprehension of shifting ideologies, but i do believe that this is also an essential part of the experience of being a woman in the 20th century in America. Several themes run through these interviews and tie together different sets. The choice between college and marriage or work and children appeared in several and that these choices were often felt to have played integral roles in their association with an identity. Again - this can probably be attributed in part to the nature of the assignment. I was interested that a Valium-ish "mother's little helper" appeared in one of the papers. In our class discussions about the post-WWII move to the suburbs/domesticity/baby boom, I couldn't help thinking of the Rolling Stones song. -Erin B | ||
