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February 3, 1916
Meade County News
Meade, Meade County, Kansas
What is this article about?
Article argues that few women take professions seriously due to marriage prospects and societal prejudice against married women working, with parents preparing daughters less than sons for careers, quoting Mary Cholmondeley on male views of female friendships and work.
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Girls in the Professions
Very Few Take Their Occupations as Likely to Be the Work of a Lifetime.
Mary Cholmondeley once said that a man looks tolerantly upon friendships between girls because he says to himself, "Only until I come."
The same might be said with even greater truth about a man's view of a girl's work and about her own view of it, for that matter.
As long as marriage is at any rate a possibility, and as long as the prejudice against a woman's continuing her professional career after marriage prevails, very few women will take their professions as seriously as a man takes his.
Moreover, and this is even more important, very few parents will take the preparation of their daughters for professional life as seriously as they take the preparation of their sons.
As a rule girls are not encouraged to consider what they will be while they are children, whereas a father and mother will talk to a boy about his future profession when he is only ten or twelve years old.
Very Few Take Their Occupations as Likely to Be the Work of a Lifetime.
Mary Cholmondeley once said that a man looks tolerantly upon friendships between girls because he says to himself, "Only until I come."
The same might be said with even greater truth about a man's view of a girl's work and about her own view of it, for that matter.
As long as marriage is at any rate a possibility, and as long as the prejudice against a woman's continuing her professional career after marriage prevails, very few women will take their professions as seriously as a man takes his.
Moreover, and this is even more important, very few parents will take the preparation of their daughters for professional life as seriously as they take the preparation of their sons.
As a rule girls are not encouraged to consider what they will be while they are children, whereas a father and mother will talk to a boy about his future profession when he is only ten or twelve years old.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Commentary
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Girls Professions
Marriage Prejudice
Gender Roles
Parental Preparation
Women Careers
What entities or persons were involved?
Mary Cholmondeley
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Key Persons
Mary Cholmondeley
Story Details
Commentary on how societal views and marriage prospects lead women to treat professions as temporary, unlike men, with parents investing less in daughters' career preparation compared to sons.