[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

Most of the Clark House agreed with John Wilkes teaching his son Ashley.Even Suellen said Ashley might be a little behind the times.And Scarlett couldn't tolerate this the most.

On this day, when the three sisters were dealing with documents in Margot's study, Suellen said this:

"Margo, do you think Ashley can keep up?"

Before Margot could speak, Scarlett rushed to say: "What are you talking about! Suellen, why can't Ashley keep up?"

Suellen said: "Well, in your eyes, Ashley must be the best one. But, let me say, no matter how good Ashley is, even if he is as good at thinking as George, he still lacks action. Momentum. He was too passive. By the time he dawdled to catch up, we would have gone a long way."

"you!"

"I agree with this point. Whether it is Ashley or Melanie, they are typical old aristocrats. Melanie is better. After all, she is a woman. There is a lot of discrimination against women in this era. Women are not allowed to do this. Women do that, and women have almost nothing else to do except stay at home, take care of the housework and take care of the children. No matter how good the wife is at diplomacy, a word from a man may make all the efforts of a woman go in vain. Responsibility and pressure are always relative Yes, women have relatively fewer responsibilities, and they have fewer models to bear."

"What do you mean?"

Scarlett felt that Margot was saying something she didn't understand again.That's why Scarlett didn't like the younger sister, because she made her look like she didn't know anything.

"What I mean is, because she is a woman, Melanie has much less to think about. She just needs to go forward according to her own will. On the contrary, Ashley, as a man, is a threat The son of Mr. Erkes, he is destined to bear a lot of things. There are some things that he has to think about."

Troubled times make heroes, and troubled times make beautiful women.

Thinking is a very important skill, but thinking without action is just fantasy, and it is also doomed to accomplish nothing.

"You mean, Ashley wasted a lot of opportunities by dawdling?"

"I didn't say that." Margot raised the corners of her lips, "I just think he's a little indecisive. Or, he's a little unconfident."

Suellen shrugged and said, "There's no way, who let the old times pass by. By the way, Margot, do you really plan to provide jobs for women?"

Margot replied: "Why not? The hospital needs excellent doctors, as well as excellent nurses and nurses. Although we brought out the existing nurses and nurses in the hospital, I have to say that it is very inconvenient for them to be illiterate. .Although the school is already in preparation, blacks cannot be taught the skill of reading right away.”

"so what?"

"I intend to increase the number of pharmacists and dispensers in the hospital. If there are not enough men, recruit women."

"It's crazy."

"But those girls who have been unable to marry because of the war and can only be old girls and have lost their property have at least got a chance to support themselves." Suellen was also very bitter when she became mean. On this point, she and Sculley Te is also very similar: "Although it sounds disrespectful to be a professional woman, it is better than committing to the lower class, even the Yankees."

"We must consult Melanie and Mrs. Merriwether for their opinions on this matter. If we have their help, we will get twice the result with half the effort."

Su Ellen immediately said: "I will find time to talk to Melanie, and I will try my best to get my mother's consent. With Melanie and mother here, our resistance will be much less."

Scarlett pouted, noncommittal.

As Scarlett estimated, Mrs. Merryweather frowned immediately after hearing Margot's plan.

Although the three pillars of the older generation in Atlanta exist in name only, and the sum of the three cannot compare with the brilliance of Suellen alone, but Mrs. Merriwether is Mrs. Merriwether after all. Even if she is old, it is difficult to think Changed, but she nodded anyway.

"Yes, the south has lost too many people. Many girls, they didn't get married before, and the south can protect them. Now, without their families, even if someone helps them run the farm, they will encounter many problems."

Mrs. Meade interjected: "Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Kennedy, I mean, Margot and Suellen have done a good job. They brought those ladies to Atlanta to prevent them from being killed in the manor without the protection of men." Unfortunately, and there is still rent for the management rights of the leased manor..."

"But there are still people who are about to face the dilemma of losing their homes after losing their families."

"Nurses and care workers are necessary, as are pharmacists. The hospital has been short of manpower, and the wives in the city just volunteer to do volunteer work, which still cannot cover up the fact that the hospital is short of manpower."

"But……"

Mrs. Merriwether and Mrs. Meade would object because they felt that it was a very shameful thing for women to work.In their view, if a man cannot provide a comfortable living environment for his wife, it is his incompetence. If a woman goes out to work for a living, then this family is not worthy of being called a high-class family.

It's an old idea from the old days of the past.

Only girls from inferior families will come out to work.

Though all three O'Hara sisters scoffed at it, in Atlanta, and all over the South, the idea was common.

Suellen said: "There are too many patients who need rehabilitation care, and the existing nurses and nursing staff in the hospital can't handle it. I know that women working means, I mean, women can help in the hospital, of course , it’s not a formal job, just helping out. However, the hospital has hospital regulations and must wear uniform clothes. Of course, there is a canteen in the hospital. If you are busy, you can eat in the hospital. The hospital also needs people at night, so I will Build a collective dormitory nearby to reduce the risk of nurses and care workers going home in the middle of the night. Admission is voluntary, as long as you pass the application. Volunteers are not formal jobs, so there is no salary, but there are subsidies..."

This is also the only way Margot can think of, to avoid the traditional southern way of discriminating against women and preventing women from participating in the work.

Margo doesn't want to challenge American society as a whole.

Because that would just be a waste of time.