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...continued, "woman's life was also considered two-phased: first, a growing up period requiring some training, ... then an adult lifetime of home-making, devoted and subservient to the husband and the family. This concept of the role of women is vastly outdated--particularly so for the uncommon woman...
Just what he means by "the uncommon woman," Gettell explained at this year's Convocation, September 28. "This term ... which is, hopefully, the definition of the Mount Holyoke type, is susceptible to misinterpretation...
...uncommon woman is the person who is different from most in that she rises above mediocrity, leads rather than goes along with the crowd, forms her own opinions rather than accepts others' uncritically, but has her opinions well-grounded on information and thought, not on hasty judgment or prejudice. Who is superior intellectually and morally, but doesn't rub it in in the presence of others. She is a person who has a zest for life, a drive to accomplish great things, and a sense of responsibility to others. Who is never satisfied with the shoddy, and who is always...
Gettell admits, however, that "no one is an uncommon woman as a freshman, nor fully so as a senior. It takes a lifetime of accomplishment to deserve the title. But Mount Holyoke, if it performs its highest function, can start students on their...
...like him very much," said one. Another added, "He's on our side, but his views have to change a little." Commenting on their roles as uncommon women, which, many complained, was the focal point of every Gettell speech, one girl admitted "We're average girls over here." "We're sort of a stereotype," a fourth commented...