As a defender of the 1950′s I must remind all that it was during those wonderful years that women broke free of the need to view their careers as limited to teaching, nursing, and secretary. They were becoming engineers, cpa’s, lawyers and doctors. The penalty of being plain no longer meant being a wallflower, and yet the word still allows me to picture the pain of rejection. Hey, guys could understand this as well and even suffer once in a while from the same, but no tears. Your symbolism of the little umbrellas is perfect.
Totally 1950 ridiculous. It is amazing to see what girls and women had to read, and this was written by a successful women, Ann Batchelder, food editor of The Ladies Home Journal.
Good advice.
Good chuckle too.
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As a defender of the 1950′s I must remind all that it was during those wonderful years that women broke free of the need to view their careers as limited to teaching, nursing, and secretary. They were becoming engineers, cpa’s, lawyers and doctors. The penalty of being plain no longer meant being a wallflower, and yet the word still allows me to picture the pain of rejection. Hey, guys could understand this as well and even suffer once in a while from the same, but no tears. Your symbolism of the little umbrellas is perfect.
Just so true (although I can’t comment on the poor wallflower’s cheeks!). I love my salad spinner dryer thingo.
Simply love your paintings!
Amen!
“…otherwise the dressing will roll off faster than tears off a wallflower’s cheeks…” huh? Interesting social commentary along with the salad hint.
Totally 1950 ridiculous. It is amazing to see what girls and women had to read, and this was written by a successful women, Ann Batchelder, food editor of The Ladies Home Journal.
wonderful lines of a salad … and so true