A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
“I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.”
“Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that's human nature.”