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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would they still fight for workforce accessibility/equality or accept that stay at home mom is better than working a full time job and not seeing their kids grow up? Did it provide the happiness it promised?

Saw this question being asked and I know what I would choose[/quote]

This is looking back at history with rose-colored glasses.  Women were treated as children and chattel - and every decision had to go through their partner - for their partner to have the ultimate decision regardless of whether it was the right decision or even a good decision.  Men had control over their wives' bodies, their money, and their lives.   There were exceptional women that were able to get out of this bind, but they were truly exceptional and had the support of men in their lives. So, no, no way in hell - even with the stress of living this life with a stressful job and teens - I would take choices over how I live (including a choice to be a stay at home mom if I so desire) versus being told that this is my only option.

That said, I do firmly believe that access to capital, better education, has left our public educational system worse off because the smartest women who became teachers back then because their only other options for some form of independent income were to be secretaries or nurses, are now lawyers, doctors, scientists, et al.  That's great for them and for society as a whole - but we really need to make teaching as attractive as those other professions to attract the best and the brightest - and not just those for whom it is a "calling".[/quote]

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