Family of Blood

[altariel]

We cried. Buckets.

Comments

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

From what I can recall of the dialogue, it wasn't so much that Martha was female as that she was black and spoke "common" that made Joan think that she couldn't possibly be a doctor.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

Joan did go on to say about Martha being black but it was after mentioning that she was a woman. That was mentioned first, regardless of the emphasis. And I think that someone who is a nurse would know that that there were already women doctors, and had been for quite a few years. Some people get annoyed about the science or lack of in SF; I get annoyed when women's history is overlooked, and especially when attributed to a character who could be expected to be aware of it.

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

I thought she said something like, 'Women can study to be doctors, but… [not your sort].' I might have misheard, though.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

That isn't what I heard, but I may have misheard.

[six-old-cars.livejournal.com]

I think the quote was more like "perhaps women could study to be doctors..." which does imply there were none yet.

[owl]

I think the line is "Woman may study to be doctors [note, may not might], but not a skivvy, and certainly not one of your colour."

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

Our recording didn't record (we watched it live) so I couldn't go back and check. If I heard it that way, I must have taken "may" as implying "in the future".