Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume. 33, Number 10. 8 July, 1970
... to breed little Brethren
... to breed little Brethren
What sort of career I was supposed to embark upon was perfectly clear. I was supposed to breed little Brethren. If I wanted anything else, I found the field had been fairly well closed down for me. Teaching of any form was out because a woman should not teach men or boys (because women are under an obligation to be subject to the stronger sex). Any career involving socialising or travel was ruled out: one cannot leave ones birthplace and local sect gathering to gad ab [ unclear: out] the world; nor can one have any more deali [ unclear: ings] than necessary with those one works with. [ gap — reason: illegible] degree was neither necessary nor desirable. A career that involved more than a 40-hour wee [ unclear: k] work was ruled out since it would encroach upon meeting times of the sect (for example, Friday evening and Saturday morning). In short, [ unclear: the] most obvious 'career' for a girl was an office [ unclear: job] in a firm owned by a member of the sect failing that, a menial career in the Public Servi [ unclear: ce.]