“I am a firm believer that any woman can do the same job as the best man in this world. It’s about equality. I don’t think men are doing a bad job; it’s about recognizing that women can do the same job equally or even better, and giving them the opportunities.”
Objects That Matter: White Picket Fence
In the 1940s, the mass-produced tract homes that formed Levittown, New York—one of America's first suburbs—specifically barred "any person other than members of the Caucasian race" in their leases.
