History of Feminism
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(16,331 posts)Back in 1962 I was in the 6th grade and there was a chess club in our elementary school. Never had any girls in it but my 6th grade teacher, a woman, was the head of the chess club. An Asian girl in my class taught me how to play chess during recesses where we had to stay indoors. I became very good at it (I was a bit competitive) and asked my teacher if I could join the chess club and she said yes. Didn't bother me a bit that I was the only girl.
I think chess taught me an awful lot about thinking four steps ahead of everyone else and how to have a logical thought process.
I also love the picture of the hockey player. Some of the pictures seem like they are still a bit stereotypical - beautiful, slender photogenic women in stilettos.