The Ms-tery of Plane Crazy

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I grew up in a feminist household. Although my father was Hungarian and born in 1926, he always regarded my two twin sisters and I as fully capable of doing anything and being anything we wanted (as long as it made lots of money!). He was happy when I got married, but secretly I think he wanted me to be a driven, single, business tycoon who would one day grace the cover of Fortune magazine.

At university I joined the women's groups on campus, started reading Ms. Magazine, stopped wearing a bra (actually, I really didn't need one all that much...) and generally swore off men forever.

However, I found the groups a tad boring, switched back to Mad Magazine, joined Queen's Musical Theatre, and met my future husband who was also in the Queen's Commerce program. So I got my MRS degree after all...

But I still firmly believe that a woman should have a choice to do whatever she wants -- whether that is to have a career outside the home, or to have kids and stay home, or to do some combination of the two. Yes I know we've come a long way baby, but we still have a long way to go (just check out the beer ads on TV!), especially around the globe. That is one of the reasons I wrote Plane Crazy -- to remind us, in a fun and entertaining way -- about the issues that women have faced and continue to face today. Well...also to win a Tony and meet Hugh Jackman, but that's a different story.

So endeth the lesson, at least for today.

By Suzy Conn on April 5, 2005 10:05 PM | | Comments (0)


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