Movie: Hidden Figures

[north woods gal]

Thanks for the tip. I think hubby will like it, too.

My father died in the late 50s when we were all young, so my mother went back to school for her graduate degrees and then pursued a career as a university professor. I can tell you that for women of any color in the 60s, even a white Protestant like my mother, it was an uphill battle to pursue a professional career. I remember many incidences where she encountered the infamous " a woman's place is in the home" crap, even from her own colleagues. She never backed down, though, and proudly stood her ground. She was a great role model for us.

For a woman of color to succeed in the sciences in those days is all the more remarkable.

[Crankin]

That is a great story, Northwoods. My mom should have done that... she volunteered a lot at my much younger brother's school. I was encoraging her to go back to school (she had a 2 yr degree) to be a teacher, or at least get a paid job as an assistant. My dad was encouraging, but she never did it.