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...faced the conflict between becoming a professional woman and a Mormon wife. But Teresa Dewey, who grew up in Idaho and graduated from BYU before moving here after her marriage, feels she pushed to "be a perfect wife, perfect mother, be active in the community, go into higher education, bake bread and make my own clothes." Trying to meet this "super woman complex," as Teresa calls it, "has frustrated her," and Larry confides that she "has been getting a lot of hassle about being a mother and homebody." Teresa, who works part-time at Harvard's Center for Population Studies...

Author: By Charles E. Shepard, | Title: Latter-day Saints...Among the Liberal Chic | 1/21/1976 | See Source »

...although he's interested in recipes from a nutritional standpoint. When her husband does step into the kitchen, Betty said, it's ssually to make "a marvelous salad." And two or three times a year he stirs up "something French." His secret ambition, Betty revealed, is to learn to bake bread. "He's tried, but it hasn't been a success," she said...

Author: By Martha S. Hewson, | Title: Jean Mayer: You Are What You Eat | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...real Susan is a quiet homebody who loves to bake cherry pies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Soaps' Hottest Lovers | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

...most part the observations of Mr. Banfield are true. I have had their homes repaired, only to have them destroy them. I have seen to it that they receive plenty of food stamps to aid in their diet needs, only to have them buy frozen foods, Sarah Lee prepared bake goods and plenty of sweets. I have tried to and succeeded in getting many of them jobs and into training for jobs. I placed three young men into average type jobs and in one month they had all left to go back to welfare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOCK 'EM UP | 9/23/1975 | See Source »

Ideal parent sounds more like it. The beauty of the system is that proctors are not supposed to criticize, discipline, or form your character. You are too old for that now. The proctor is supposed to perform services for mature young adults. He or she may bake cookies for the dorm every week. And buy beer for the dorm every couple of nights. And settle roommate disputes. And advise freshmen on where to get laid. The proctor is a camp counselor with a Harvard degree and a tweed suit. A person who's on the way up and who wants...

Author: By Kathy Holub, | Title: Unplanned Parenthood | 9/1/1975 | See Source »

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