Well, the thrust of it was that the man&#x27;s career is important, and the woman&#x27;s isn&#x27;t.  So assuming they had no children at the time, it was entirely consistent with that for her to quit college and take a job with no career path in order to fund his education.  (If they had children, of course, the ethic would have been that she should stay home to care for them... indeed, she would likely have had no alternative.)<p>I think frossie has a good point, actually.  We can hope that it was as jusben1369 suggests, but we can&#x27;t really know that.  Maybe being married to Gene gave Marian all she wanted in life, and maybe it didn&#x27;t.