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So, who are these “new” women?

May 28, 2009 · 4 Comments

careers in education

Careers in Education for the New Woman
Skagen
1977

In case you haven’t noticed, the career books are slowly killing me.  As an old woman of 49, I cannot imagine who this “New Woman” might be.  Oh wait maybe I am the new woman since I was in HIGH SCHOOL when this was published.  Okay, then the question is when does the NEW woman become an OLD woman?

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4 responses so far ↓

  • VIRGINIA // May 29, 2009 at 9:20 pm | Reply

    That is a Tampax on the cover, right?

  • marykelly48 // May 29, 2009 at 10:07 pm | Reply

    That would have been an awesome joke, but actually it was a left over sticker of some kind…
    Probably the only thing holding that book together!

  • Rhondda // May 31, 2009 at 10:39 pm | Reply

    As a contemporary of yours, I give up – am I a new woman or an old one? The vibrant cover makes the careers choices all look so exciting …and what was the advice they gave? Did I know this when I decided to work in education? Or was it all grey?

  • Ranylt // July 23, 2009 at 2:20 pm | Reply

    New Woman = women’s libber, to the 1920s-30s (and apparently 70s) set.

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