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This is Mary McDonald. Age? Well, old enough
to be the mother of those three. Profession? That's part of it right there. Together, with a good deal of housework
and lots of mileage in the family car. And I thought,
"Well, that's just part of the territory." "You have to put up with it." But in the late '60s,
women began to think, "No, we don't have to put up with it.
We should be able to do whatever we have the talent to do, and no one should stop us
simply because we're women." I was teaching law at Rutgers University, and my students wanted
to have a course on women and the law
to be the mother of those three. Profession? That's part of it right there. Together, with a good deal of housework
and lots of mileage in the family car. And I thought,
"Well, that's just part of the territory." "You have to put up with it." But in the late '60s,
women began to think, "No, we don't have to put up with it.
We should be able to do whatever we have the talent to do, and no one should stop us
simply because we're women." I was teaching law at Rutgers University, and my students wanted
to have a course on women and the law
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This is Mary McDonald.
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Age?
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Well, old enough
to be the mother of those three.
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Profession?
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That's part of it right there.
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Together, with a good deal of housework
and lots of mileage in the family car.
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And I thought,
"Well, that's just part of the territory."
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"You have to put up with it."
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But in the late '60s,
women began to think,
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"No, we don't have to put up with it.
We should be able to do
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whatever we have the talent to do,
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and no one should stop us
simply because we're women."
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I was teaching law at Rutgers University,
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and my students wanted
to have a course on women and the law.
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Focus on a series of interviews about people whose actions shape the world.
