While it's a whole nuther subject and unrelated to historic costume,
it bears mentioning that it wasn't just the clothing rebels you have
to thank for your academic freedom, but all those courageous
dissidents on campuses like Cal Berkeley who stood up for their right
to free speech in the late 1960s. A lot changed because of them.
That's all.
Sylvia
On Jul 7, 2009, at 9:42 PM, Beth Chamberlain wrote:
These younger girls don't realize what they missed!<
But we appreciated the paths you forged! By the 80's we could show
up for class in jeans, sweats or even pj's. I always wondered if
the girls in pj's with uncombed hair would have dared to do that if
there were guys in class. The Home Ec students were certainly
"encouraged" to dress nicely for certain events but in class it was
pretty much anything goes.
(Of course by then we could have men in our rooms too - thank you
to the women of the 70's for that.)
Beth
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life"
Henry Ward Beecher
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