The Second Vatican Council signed the death warrant for American Nuns.
Before that Nuns were special and treated as such.
Dropping the habits lost them their respect.
Some may not agree,but I believe the way nuns are treated today bears me out.When they wore habits and spoke I listened, now thay are just another lay person to me.
See my post #17. FWIW, the nuns in the precinct where I was assigned to watch all wore habits.