Photo taken from: http://www.zazzle.com/chivalry_is_dead_and_women_killed_it_tshirt-235460979138027114I wrote “Jim Striby was my Friend” on March 17, and it was a nostalgic look at a old friend now gone. While I have many stories about Jim in my head, this was such a short and amusing incident I thought I’d pass it on.
We were at a meeting in the early 70’s, at the home of Tom and Ann Scott in Baltimore. Tom was, at the time, the head of the Maryland Institute’s Extension Program and we were discussing something related to school business.
Ann came home and came into the room.
Ann Scott was one of the founders of the Buffalo chapter of the National Organization for Women (1969), ALS was elected to NOW's national board at its first national convention, held in Chicago in 1970.
In 1971 she became vice-president for legislation and was responsible for much of the lobbying aimed at ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Beginning in 1972 she devoted herself to NOW and to Common Cause, serving on both boards of directors, and to the American Association for Higher Education, where she was associate director. She passed away in Baltimore, Md., in 1975.
Jim, out of perhaps six men in the room at the time, stood up. This was a chivalrous act for sure, and what one was taught to do when a woman enters a room.
“If looks could kill” comes to mind right now, as Ann looked at Jim, Jim looked at Ann, and the standing up died half way through its action!
We were at a meeting in the early 70’s, at the home of Tom and Ann Scott in Baltimore. Tom was, at the time, the head of the Maryland Institute’s Extension Program and we were discussing something related to school business.
Ann came home and came into the room.
Ann Scott was one of the founders of the Buffalo chapter of the National Organization for Women (1969), ALS was elected to NOW's national board at its first national convention, held in Chicago in 1970.
In 1971 she became vice-president for legislation and was responsible for much of the lobbying aimed at ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Beginning in 1972 she devoted herself to NOW and to Common Cause, serving on both boards of directors, and to the American Association for Higher Education, where she was associate director. She passed away in Baltimore, Md., in 1975.
Jim, out of perhaps six men in the room at the time, stood up. This was a chivalrous act for sure, and what one was taught to do when a woman enters a room.
“If looks could kill” comes to mind right now, as Ann looked at Jim, Jim looked at Ann, and the standing up died half way through its action!
To be fair to Ann, she did more than just look at him, she gave him the "hand". This is distinctly different from the "finger", it's the gesture one makes to the dog to sit. It works for people to!
No man stood for the VP of NOW in the early 70’s, at least not in her house!
No man stood for the VP of NOW in the early 70’s, at least not in her house!
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