Following is a breakdown of the type of women employment in the US in the 1900’s. Wonder what Audacity would aim to be….probably something even more rare, like a detective! Domestic servants- 1,740,800. Teachers- 124,000 Nurses- 68,000 Doctors- 212 Architects- 2
When the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) was started in 1942, the military trained male pilots from scratch, but not the female civilian volunteers. Without that military support, interested young women had to cough up all the money they had (sometimes borrowing it) to learn how to fly. And that was only the beginning of their challenges…. Read more »
This is the second time I’ve had the privilege of hosting Ana Maria Spagna here to celebrate a new book. When she is not wearing her writing hat, Ana Maria serves as the Assistant Director of the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts MFA program (more info here). It’s a program I was honored to be… Read more »