A growing number of young women who have the freedom to decide have decided that career can wait, and the delicious early years of their children's lives can't.
There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.
Lascelles Abercrombie, Poet (1881) |
John Adair, Politician (1757) |
Arthur Baer, Journalist (1886) |
Joan Baez, Musician (1941) |
George Balanchine, Dancer (1904) |
Karel Capek, Writer (1890) |
Robert Casey, Politician (1932) |
Carrie Chapman Catt, Activist (1859) |
Bob Denver, Actor (1935) |
Joseph Epstein, Writer (1937) |
Emily Greene Balch, Educator (1961) |
Anson Jones, Public Servant (1858) |