Comment on a decision made by a character that reflects or revokes a value from the 1950s.
Miss Watson decided to reject Paul’s offer to not marry him. This is a strange thing because during this era it was in the norm to have a husband and live a happy “nuclear family” life. Miss Watson doesn’t believe that women should just go to college and get married and become a housewife all her life, she believes that women should look outside the box and find an occupation. She does this to one of her students Joan. She realizes that Joan has the potential and desire to become a lawyer and attend law school at Yale, so she helps her out with her application and acceptance. This is also another strange thing because Miss Watson is going against the word of Wellesley, and is trying to change things for the future of women.
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I agree with you on your point that Miss Watson rejected society by not getting married. It was abnormal that women of her age did not have a husband, and those who weren't were looked down upon by society. Perhaps this was a reason why people around Katherine criticized her so much, primarily Betty.
However, one has to think what caused all of her rebellion in the first place. From my perspective, her non-conformism came from getting dumped the first time by her first fiancé. Thus, she had the opportunity to go to college and think for herself instead of conform to society.
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