Hi Becca,
No bubble there to burst... As I said, my
knowledge of the period is so limited that I'm
likely to be wrong even in the assumptions on
which my question (not assertion) was based.
Best,
Vonda
On Sun, 9 Nov 1997 13:18:15 -0600, Becca Stoler
<rstoler@MAILHOST.TCS.TULANE.EDU> wrote:
>On a whole, you are correct... however.... There were womyn, other than
>school mistresses that did have jobs. It was by no means a common practice,
>...
>higher. Emily Dickinson even held a job on her one for a while. If memory
>serves, she worked in a ladies dress shop. Sorry to burst your bubble.
>
>Becca
>
...
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