“My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.” MenRunningRolesCuttingWifeChildhoodFemaleConvincedAdolescenceSubordinates Book:In praise of imperfection: my life and work Source: In praise of imperfection: my life and work
“Apprenticeship is one of the dearest roles of childhood, not just watching Dad or Mother, but being taught a hands-on trade.” ChildrenHandsMotherRolesChildhoodTaughtDadTradeApprenticeship Author:Carol Bly
“Competitive skills are desperately needed by poor children in America, and realistic recognition of the economic roles that they may someday have an opportunity to fill is obviously important, too. But there is more to life, and there ought to be much more to childhood, than readiness for economic functions.” MayChildrenImportantAmericaOpportunityPoorRolesEconomicChildhoodOughtNeededSkillsFunctionRecognitionSomedayRealisticReadinessMore To LifePoor Children Author:Jonathan Kozol
“It was a lot to carry out of a childhood--all those textured layers of thwarted dreams rumbling under the fifties patina--but a lot of us did it. In those manicured lives and choreographed marriages there was an often-pronounced loneliness, an emptiness that we would try to fill with our own accomplishments. And our role, the one we would have so much trouble trying to shed later, was simply to be the best little girls in the world, the high- achieving, make-no-waves, properly behaved little kittens.” WorldTryingLittlesDreamGirlRolesTroubleChildhoodAchieveLonelinessWaveAccomplishmentBeing The BestEmptinessLayersShedKitten Author:Anne Taylor Fleming
“My attitude goes back to my childhood. I used to audition for theatrical roles, and you can't stand out in a room full of ambitious eight-year-old girls by acting the wallflower. I realised then that I couldn't do things half-heartedly.” YearsUsedGirlRoomsActingHalfAttitudeRolesChildhoodEightAmbitiousAuditionsStanding OutRealisedTheatricalMy Attitude Author:Jessie J
“Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.” Has BeensPlayCharacterFoundMy OwnActingRolesChildhoodHarder Author:Bette Davis