Women have come a long way | The Boneyard

Women have come a long way

Dokey

Dokey

Joined
Feb 7, 2019
Messages
2,052
Reaction Score
8,313
F5A3FEE3-2AB3-4C42-BF83-265CA30BCCC5.jpeg
 
Yet high schools fielded girls basketball teams back then, only to drop programs later.
 
"8 months" ?..........school got out in April?
 
.-.
You know, from reading some historical fiction stuff, that no marrying clause...yeah, good luck with that. Some of those little one room schools out in the country, I think the teachers got married about as fast as the school district could hire them. At least that's what Ivan Doig has led me to believe. Maybe it's just a Montana thing.
 
Not sure if anyone has been in NYC recently, but this reminds me so much of What the Constitution Means to Me, an excellent play about both the triumph and tragedy of our Constitution and its history. It's insane to think that my grandmothers had to navigate a world like that, and even more insane to think that society at the time was fine with treating women like they had no autonomy. In these darker times, it's a good reminder how far we've come.
 
Yup. Come a loooong way. My fourth grade teacher had to resign when her pregnancy showed (Richmond, Virginia, 1953) and female teachers could wear their warm pants to school but had to go directly to the women's room to change into skirts in Maine winters (1966).
 
.-.
TheFarmFan said:
Not sure if anyone has been in NYC recently, but this reminds me so much of What the Constitution Means to Me, an excellent play about both the triumph and tragedy of our Constitution and its history. It's insane to think that my grandmothers had to navigate a world like that, and even more insane to think that society at the time was fine with treating women like they had no autonomy. In these darker times, it's a good reminder how far we've come.
Expand ...

And what a long way we have to go....
 
Ice cream parlors were my first step along the road to degradation. The Islays store in Dormont, Pa. was a den of iniquity for us young lads and lasses! :rolleyes:
 
Bama fan said:
Ice cream parlors were my first step along the road to degradation. The Islays store in Dormont, Pa. was a den of iniquity for us young lads and lasses! :rolleyes:
Expand ...
Well at least it wasn't Pool. :cool:

 
When I was in high school in Colorado I had several “spinster” teachers who began teaching in teens and early 20s and who never married. I liked teaching, one told me, and I was off the market so long it ceased to be an issue. She also coached the girl’s basketball team in 1920s where the players wore more clothes than a devout Muslim woman in Mecca.
 
nwhoopfan said:
You know, from reading some historical fiction stuff, that no marrying clause...yeah, good luck with that. Some of those little one room schools out in the country, I think the teachers got married about as fast as the school district could hire them. At least that's what Ivan Doig has led me to believe. Maybe it's just a Montana thing.
Expand ...
Check the Little House books.
 
Bama fan said:
Ice cream parlors were my first step along the road to degradation. The Islays store in Dormont, Pa. was a den of iniquity for us young lads and lasses! :rolleyes:
Expand ...
The one at the intersection of West Liberty and McFarland Road (the end of the line for the 42 streetcar)? I think it was spelled "Isaly's". (Dormont was my hometown, where I lived for the first 18 years of my life.)

How did you ever descend to the depths of being an Alabama fan? (I probably shouldn't ask.)
 
.-.
JoePgh said:
The one at the intersection of West Liberty and McFarland Road (the end of the line for the 42 streetcar)? I think it was spelled "Isaly's". (Dormont was my hometown, where I lived for the first 18 years of my life.)

How did you ever descend to the depths of being an Alabama fan? (I probably shouldn't ask.)
Expand ...
Yes at West Liberty and McFarland. Next to Mead's drugstore. And I am not necessarily an Alabama fan, but I have lived here for 34 years. When one moves to this state , they are encouraged to pick either Bama or Auburn. I resisted that for many years, but when my youngest decided to attend Alabama I was tipped in that direction. I suppose my screen name should be fan from Bama, as opposed to Bama fan. :)
 
meyers7 said:
Well at least it wasn't Pool. :cool:

Expand ...

The pool hall was about half a block from Islay's. It was , I guess, the second step on that road.;) I was never able to find a copy of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang so my jokes were not up to snuff. Otherwise that game with the fifteen numbered balls was indeed the devil's tool.
 
Last edited:
boontonbomber said:
Anyone else have "you've come a long way, baby" words and tune go thru your mind. " you've got your own cigarette now , baby"...…… !
Expand ...
Virginia Slims in the 70s. Trying to ride the women's liberation waves.
 
.-.
vowelguy said:
Probably fake.

I’m Snopes-ing that 1923 teacher contract
Expand ...
Snopes away, it is from Ohio Education Association, but is similar to contracts across the country. They different in certain matters but all seem sure that female teachers not frequent ice cream parlors. Why I have no guess. Men teachers had rules too, though not as severe. They could court one night a week, two if they were regular churchgoers, but were not allowed to be shaved in barber shops. Why again I have no idea. I have seen similar contracts from 1872 to 1915 and in the late 50s I had older female teachers who remembered them from their early days in schools. I can understand the skepticism but we were really that ridiculous.
 
vowelguy said:
Proof?

The typeface font is particularly damning.
Expand ...
You can look up numerous contracts on line. There are many samples but all have the same rules. I am sure some were retyped, as some contracts were handwritten. Check out the Story, Iowa, 1905 rules, which were even more strict, and are displayed at Ames Historical Society. It seems unbelievable but that’s the way it was.
 
Women have always faced obstacles and special rules. It wasn’t until after the Civil War, with so many men dead, that women generally could own property, they didn’t get the vote until 1920, and Title Nine, requiring public schools to field female athletic teams, is only 50 years old. Billy Jean King rocked the sports world. U.S. Women soccer players are asking for equal pay and WNBA players are looking for bigger paychecks.
 
Dokey said:
Snopes away, it is from Ohio Education Association, but is similar to contracts across the country. They different in certain matters but all seem sure that female teachers not frequent ice cream parlors.
Expand ...
Oh they could frequent them, just not loiter there. It probably was written by a guy who once had to wait longer than he'd like for a booth or a seat at the counter.
 
Dokey said:
You can look up numerous contracts on line. There are many samples but all have the same rules. I am sure some were retyped, as some contracts were handwritten. Check out the Story, Iowa, 1905 rules, which were even more strict, and are displayed at Ames Historical Society. It seems unbelievable but that’s the way it was.
Expand ...

Where I come from, if you want to make a point you provide actual accurate information. Not fake information that could be kinda like the real thing.
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,535
Messages
4,581,071
Members
10,491
Latest member
7774Forever


Top Bottom