Word: ephron
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Many men learned to clear the table, and hope that people will get off their backs," Nora Ephron said last night in her "Reflections on Women Today," a talk sponsored by Schlesinger Library...
...Ephron, a columnist for "Esquire" and author of several books of essays about the media, addressed her remarks on the current state of the women's movement to a crowd of about 300 in Agassiz Theater...
...Ephron said, "It all looked easier than it turned out to be. To change fundamentally is much harder than just getting a divorce or a job," she said...
...Ephron observed that the women's movement has deeply affected women in college today. "Women in my class had marriage as a goal, now college women are career oriented. The right job is a better obsession than the right man," she said...
...movement has produced some bad side effects, however, Ephron said. "Lines like 'I can't get a better job, because men run everything,' are part of the political rhetoric which the movement has provided to give women an excuse to stay put," she added