In a message dated 12/22/2007 6:14:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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As I recall, it was something that grew out of the Depression and somebody
(the mysterious "They") wanted to try to spread jobs around to families
rather than have two breadwinners in a single family.
Don't think the Depression had anything to do with it. My Mother was in
Virginia schools in the teens and twenties and spoke of having only unmarried
ladies as teachers.
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