The Alice Network

by Kate Quinn

Boys got to do whatever they wanted, and girls got to sit around looking pretty.

Charlie makes this bitter observation as a forties-era college girl whose family wants her to get a husband, not a career. How much do you think things have changed for young women today? (In my opinion, not as much as we'd like! Appearance is still a much bigger factor for women than it is for men, who continue to be valued more for what they do than how they look.)