Right, Stacy.

by Little Miss Attila on December 22, 2008

Centuries ago, single mothers were forced to take in boarders to make ends meet and feed their kids. That was the only available option.

Then Catherine Beecher campaigned to help make teaching a “women’s profession,” using the argument that on the American Frontier, female teachers could be hired for a quarter—sometimes a fifth—of what a man needed to live on.

No: I do not believe that equality of results is the desired objective. But I did watch a woman who was born in 1936 succumb to pressure from her boyfriend and give up a promising career as a geneticist. I also watched a woman born in 1962 succumb to pressure from her boyfriend—upon whom, by the way, she was economically dependent—and have an abortion.

I also know that women had to fight for decades before they even attained the right to vote. So you can call me a feminist or not; it’s up to you. But the women’s movement was not for naught.

“Your heroes and your villains are so terribly clear to you; and I am obviously one of the villains.

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