A Voice From Old New York: a Memoir of My Youth
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A Few More Words About Women WHAT IN MY YOUTH was "getting ahead" for women? In my Yale years (1936–1938) it had become quite acceptable, even in the most stylish social set, for a girl to go to college if she so chose. She was not criticized if she didn't want to; to devote one's nineteenth year to the elaborate business of "coming out" was still perfectly acceptable, and the ultimate goal of marriage was still the destiny of any girl, whether a college graduate or not. And of course one could ...always go to college and come out.
At one time a young woman who had reached the age of eighteen was presented to New York society in some form of entertainment, whether it was a reception, a dinner party, or a dance. The invitees were family and friends; there was no particular emphasis on young men. It was not a husband hunt.
The debutante, as she now could be called, was "out"—out of the nursery or convent or whatever guarded enclave her family had used for female minors. Now she could mingle in an adult community as what our Gallic cousins called a jeune fille a marier, subject, of course, to whatever were the local rules of chaperonage.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A Few More Words About Women WHAT IN MY YOUTH was "getting ahead" for women? In my Yale years (1936–1938) it had become quite acceptable, even in the most stylish social set, for a girl to go to college if she so chose. She was not criticized if she didn't want to; to devote one's nineteenth year to the elaborate business of "coming out" was still perfectly acceptable, and the ultimate goal of marriage was still the destiny of any girl, whether a college graduate or not. And of course one could ...always go to college and come out.
At one time a young woman who had reached the age of eighteen was presented to New York society in some form of entertainment, whether it was a reception, a dinner party, or a dance. The invitees were family and friends; there was no particular emphasis on young men. It was not a husband hunt.
The debutante, as she now could be called, was "out"—out of the nursery or convent or whatever guarded enclave her family had used for female minors. Now she could mingle in an adult community as what our Gallic cousins called a jeune fille a marier, subject, of course, to whatever were the local rules of chaperonage.
What to read after A Voice From Old New York: a Memoir of My Youth?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Louis Auchincloss to read onlineMoreLess
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