The person who I spoke with at Foxdale Village is Jean Smith. She
was very generous to share her stories and personal life there, so we found
many things in common each other. For example, we talked about her yard sale
committee activity there, art project, quilting, cooking and her friends
and family. Especially, she is a quilter and I'm interested in learning it, so
I could get a lot of information such as where to buy quilt fabrics around State
College area. Also we talked about each other’s career. She did not go to
university, but she had worked as a nurse until she had her baby. I heard that
there were not sufficient daycare program at that time.
I looked up Daily Collegian to see how people thought
about women’s career at that time, and I found one article back in 1942 which explains
that there would be more demand on trained women in work force, especially in government
service. Also the writer predicted that college graduate women would have more opportunity
to rise in executive position. The prediction had became mostly true, however,
in reality there was not enough support in public sectors such as daycare for
women to continue their career after having a birth, because women like Jean
and I both had to give up our career in order to take care of kids. I think the
lack of daycare program is one of the most common obstacles for women to pursue
a career all around world even these days.
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