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About this quote

What does it mean?
Bancroft identified with working women and wanted to validate their choices.
In plain terms
Choosing to work does not make a woman socially strange.
What can you take from it?
Professional choices are valid and not antisocial.

Where it applies

  • career discussions
  • work-life balance
  • gender roles

Putting it to work

  • support working women
  • normalize career choices
  • challenge stereotypes

Questions to consider

  • How do you view work-life choices?
  • What makes you feel socially accepted?

Another view

It assumes a binary view of work versus social life.

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