We’ve come a long way: The Ladies’ Lament in 1893
(courtesy of Lizzie Borden Society- from Boston Globe, 1893)
Just a century ago, the only way women could get ahead was to marry to get some semblance of property ownership.
Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman: stressing that women were only perceived as dumb because the lack of opportunity of an education. This was 200 years ago.
I think I saw that more women than men are in college now. Heck some professional degrees, there are substantially more women then men now than ever : pharmacy and veterinary science
I looked at a family friend’s nephew medical school class picture from overseas; about 80% female students in the class
