People are sharing this news report from 1945 showing that women have been fighting the same sexism in Hollywood forever
In this post Harvey Weinstein world this fascinating news clipping shows how long this has been going on in Hollywood.
“I am so upset with it that I am ready to quit Hollywood,” she said. “It’s got so bad I hate to come to work in the morning.
“I’m a helpless victim of a Hollywood whispering campaign. Because I don’t let the producer and director kiss me every morning or let them paw me they have spread word around town that I am not a woman – that I am a cold piece of marble statuary.
“I guess Hollywood won’t consider me as anything except a cold hunk of marble until I divorce my husband, give my baby away and get my name and photograph in all the newspapers. If that’s Hollywood’s idea of being a woman I’m ready to quit now.”
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