[LadyDoc]

I don't know if Warren's story of being terminated from her job due to pregnancy is true, but you know, up to the mid 1960s it was not unusual for a school to tell a pregnant teacher to quit her job: The idea that working full time would be a threat to the pregnancy, and also trying to protect the kids from asking awkward questions about sex (even I Love Lucy had trouble with her pregnancy on screen in the 1950s).

When I was in medical school in the late 1960s, girls were encouraged to take off a year if they got pregnant, and so when one of my classmates came in very pregnant, the teachers reacted in horror that she wasn't planning to take a year off. Her answer: She taught full time during her first pregnancy, so didn't see the problem. (She delivered during the Thanksgiving break).

so Warren's story is probably true: But not because of hatred of women, but because back then motherhood was still respected, and pregnant women were protected by society.

[Melian]

I remember those days well. It is interesting that Warren’s story changed, though. Thank you for your thoughts!