Um, wives and mothers have been assisting with small business operations ever since restaurants and shoe manufacturing and dress Shops, and ... well, you get the picture. The war years amplified the reliance upon women power to operate businesses and manufacturing.
in an urban environment yes...my grandmother was a drapery seamstress at JC Penneys for years in the 50s and 60s and 70s .. after her children left home btw.. but there is no doubt that home appliance revolution freed women to work outside the home as much as anything
but this must have a career notion is relatively new...before feminism women had jobs occasionally..like men...not careers.
I am dealing with this as we speak...with my two daughters and sitters we have known for 5-8 years...
these young women get educated for 100,000s of dollars depending on school and expect to get married and have kids too and have it all and they get conflicted
you have to educate them or they get left behind socially..but it’s expensive
most I know aside from docs...and even some of them...are listening more to their bodies and hearts and not fembot culture and are looking to have babies before 30 and to stay home if they can..which begs why did I spend 250,000 dollars on that Masters?
almost without exception of folks I know...those women who can afford to stay home but don’t are liberals who have something to prove or feel that being a stay at home mom is beneath them
I support stay at home moms..unless folks are impoverished. I’m married to one who gave up a good paying job to be at home and mom to our brood and I love that...it’s better for the kids.
I saw that interview with Palin...it was not exactly like this writer portrays it but Sarah is a bit fembot...no question of that...but unlike most she likes men too.
It’s a part of her I try to ignore...no one is perfect..if she gets too dogmatic about it I will get less enthusiastic.
I find her exceptional...distinct from most women in her ability to lead or inspire...but I can do without Girl Power rah rah
btw...where I live outside Franklin...most moms are home or work out of the home...those we know in grade school anyhow...kept down by neanderthal husbands no doubt....