My interest in the genre started in the mid-to-late 1960's with my first Nancy Drew book, "The Secret in the Old Attic". This was an era when girls were groomed for traditional careers. I remember being asked in grade school, "What would you like to be when you grow up?" I noticed the other girls were saying "teacher or nurse", and the boys were saying "doctor or fireman" - the more traditional occupations. I think I said "teacher" and I wondered as I said it if there couldn't be more for us girls than a couple of choices. Anyway, the Nancy Drew books opened up my world and showed that girls could do other things, like use their 'pretty little heads' to solve crimes.
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