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Feb 11, 2020
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LADIES CAN’T CLIMB LADDERS
THE PIONEERING ADVENTURES OF THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
JANE ROBINSON
Doubleday, 368 pages, £20
Until relatively recently, being a woman was a handicap to entering most professions. Family opposition and a lack of available training contributed to the intentional barriers and prejudices existing in traditionally male spheres. In this book Jane Robinson describes the struggle of pioneering women, and outlines some of the difficulties your female ancestors would have to overcome to practise in a career of their choice.
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