As soon as I get spending money, I am so going shopping!

[She is so honestly excited, this is the first time she's felt like this since arriving. Actually, it's the first time she's felt this way in months.]

Sadly, that's the 1950's for you. It wasn't exactly a good time for women to be in the work force. There's a lot of inequality in treatment, and that didn't change for at least another decade. There's still a lot of bias, but it's much more muted now, and it's been sixty years.