The thing is, most of these women
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myndchanger — 9 years ago(April 16, 2016 04:46 PM)
were raised to believe that the apex of their life was getting married. Nothing else was as important. Marla's husband was ok with her coming back for the next season. That makes him in 1940's a spineless henpecked loser. In the 80's and 90's it makes him awesome spouse. It's all relative.
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cataclysm1071 — 9 years ago(July 12, 2016 12:58 PM)
That was the apex of most women in 1943, Since the only careers for women at the time,were school teachers, nurses or secretaries,and I'm pretty sure that those fields paid nothing at the time, certainly not enough to survive on.
In fact, most women until about the late 60s, only attended college to find a husband or to get their "MRS". -
darryl-tahirali — 9 years ago(August 01, 2016 06:02 PM)
That was the apex of most women in 1943, Since the only careers for women at the time,were school teachers, nurses or secretaries,and I'm pretty sure that those fields paid nothing at the time, certainly not enough to survive on.
Another factor here is that this is at the height of World War Two, and women were getting good jobs as a result of the war effortthe enduring image of "Rosie the Riveter," for instance, as women filled jobs traditionally held by men who had now gone off to war.
In fact, the whole premise of this movie is that the AAGPBL came into existence to provide baseball because there was concern that men's baseball might be suspended with so many players going into the service.
What usually doesn't get covered in popular films is the reaction of women after the war, when the men returned and women had to revert to those traditional roles.
"We hear very little, and we understand even less." refugee in "Casablanca"