My mother last worked outside the home during WW2. After the war ended she did the raising the family thing. After the 4 of us were gone she decided she would go back to work. My father was outraged. Forbid her to shame him that way. She had no clue he felt that way. It was the mid 70s and she had been married since 1944.
In the end she decided that his feelings on the subject were stronger than hers so she just worked on a zillion political campaigns, community boards and so forth. He didn't care that she was out being productive full time, just couldn't stand the thought of her getting paid. It really surprised his 3 daughters because he always encouraged us to rule the world. We didn't know about the double standard for his wife.
Given their Wings connection I went to the IMDB to see if Tim Daly had ever done an episode of Monk and I found Eyes listed as airing from 2005-2007. What's up with that?
The Tim Daly Monk episode was
hilarious
if only for the throwaway Wings joke I can't remember.
The Eyes thing--you should just fix that.
No PB&J yet. Still doing route maps for sis.
Since Zen asked, the fuh-reaky toy.
So they licensed merchandising rights to Todd Browning's Freaks to some foreign manufacturer and "goose" got mistranslated into "kitten"?
My mom worked in secretarial jobs since before she met my dad, always managed the money, and was the primary bread winner of our family from 1982 until I moved out on my own at 23.
My mother's told me that once, she called to apply for a job, and they asked if she was calling on behalf of her husband.
I had a baby blanket and a onesie emblazoned with the ERA logo.
Heh. I had overalls with a male/female equality symbol on the front. Good times, good times.
My mom had
Ms. Magazine
in the bathroom for on-the-pot reading and had a copy of
The Feminine Mystique
on a prominent bookshelf.
huh, I was raised in Texas and um, yeah, none of that. Although my mom did work out of the home pretty steadily from 1977 on.
I have an awesome Ms Magazine cover as a poster in my office, with "Wonder Woman for President" on it. Kick ass.
Good times on the SAG Awards:
Chandra Wilson and Hugh Laurie in a row!
We had Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex on the bookshelf downstairs.
