I confess, I’m a little bit mystified at the reaction to the announcement that the new Dr. Who is a woman. I saw the trailer and thought, “cool”, though I admit I haven’t really watched much Dr. Who since the Tom Baker days (Doctor #4<\/a><\/strong>), but I didn’t expect the expressions of relief, victory, vindication, glass ceiling is broken, etc.<\/p>\n

I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s. I was used to strong female role models in the entertainment world. There was Barbara Stanwyck playing Victoria Barkley on Big Valley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0running the family ranch after her husband’s death. Then there was Lt. Uhura<\/a><\/strong> as part of the bridge crew on the Enterprise “going where no man had gone before”. I wanted to grow up to be Marlo Thomas in “That Girl”<\/a><\/strong> and longed to throw my hat in the air with Mary Tyler Moore<\/a><\/strong> in Minneapolis. Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman<\/a><\/strong>, Lindsay Wagner as The Bionic Woman<\/a><\/strong>, and JoAnna Cameron as Isis<\/a><\/strong> were strong, get rid of the bad guys, I can hold my own with any super hero on the block characters that boys and girls both liked to watch.<\/p>\n

In the “real” world, there was Golda Meir<\/a><\/strong> who had been Prime Minister of Israel for longer than I had been alive, Jane Goodall<\/a><\/strong> who knew EVERYTHING about chimpanzees and was famous for it, and Barbara Walters<\/a><\/strong> who everyone wanted to be interviewed by.<\/p>\n

I never once thought there was something I couldn’t achieve, if I wanted it enough, just because I was a woman. That’s not to say there weren’t people who thought women shouldn’t do certain things, but we just didn’t pay attention to it.<\/p>\n

Am I glad they made the Wonder Woman<\/a><\/strong> movie this year and it did well? Yes, it was a great movie. Am I glad the thirteenth Dr. Who<\/a> <\/strong>is going to be a women? Since I don’t watch it I admit I don’t really care.<\/p>\n

I’m glad little girls and women around the country are happy about these “new” developments – but I’ve been watching strong women all my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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