I'd suggest that for her day and within her own context Asimov's Susan
Calvin character was about as good a strong female character as the (male
writers in the)field was (were) capable of producing back then.
Nonetheless it's worth noticing that Calvin does fit a stereotype of the
era, the dedicated woman scientist/teacher/business woman, married to her
job, manless (and mannish), sexless or possibly lesbian (this last implicit
and hidden under a lot of deep coding). See Janet Reno for the current
variation on the theme.
Mike
Michael M. Levy levym@uwstout.edu
Department of English levymm@uwec.edu
University of Wisconsin-Stout off. ph: 715-834-6533
Menomonie, WI 54751 hm. ph: 715-834-6533
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