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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7152544" data-attributes="member: 4937">It was interesting in that it focused on persons who aren't discussed much, but since it was supposed to be about the role of women in the origins of D&amp;D I felt it focused a bit too much on some less influential early women in a way that wasn't entirely fair either to the men or the women in the article.&nbsp; There was no mention of Laura Hickman's partnership with her husband Tracy, and Margaret Weis barely got a mention way down at the end of the article which hardly seemed fair given her towering influence on the hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; The result was to make it seem like the role of women in the development of D&amp;D was entirely minor, and wholly limited by women being marginalized, which isn't quite I think a true picture.No mention either of Lorraine Williams, though that might have set a different tone.Ultimately, Jean Wells and Laura Rosloff had an opportunity to be very influential in the development of D&amp;D.&nbsp; But because (it seems primarily) of the 'Silver Princess' fiasco, they just weren't, and instead mostly ended up earning footnotes.&nbsp; It seems like a combination of bad luck, insufficient management, and questionable decisions on their part.&nbsp; The orange version of 'Silver Princess' probably would have survived if it was printed for the AD&amp;D market, but hit the shelves just as TSR was belatedly realizing that many of their customers were minors and that just maybe parents might be surprised and concerned by the content of their product and the module was intended for the 'Basic' line.&nbsp; I've always found it ironic that in other articles, I've seen the artwork with the naked woman tied up by her own hair and being tortured by a group of men used as evidence of the rampant misogyny of early D&amp;D, when in fact it was the product of some of the only women working at TSR at the time.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's almost as ironic as Wonder Woman becoming an icon of female empowerment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7152544, member: 4937"] It was interesting in that it focused on persons who aren't discussed much, but since it was supposed to be about the role of women in the origins of D&D I felt it focused a bit too much on some less influential early women in a way that wasn't entirely fair either to the men or the women in the article. There was no mention of Laura Hickman's partnership with her husband Tracy, and Margaret Weis barely got a mention way down at the end of the article which hardly seemed fair given her towering influence on the hobby. The result was to make it seem like the role of women in the development of D&D was entirely minor, and wholly limited by women being marginalized, which isn't quite I think a true picture. No mention either of Lorraine Williams, though that might have set a different tone. Ultimately, Jean Wells and Laura Rosloff had an opportunity to be very influential in the development of D&D. But because (it seems primarily) of the 'Silver Princess' fiasco, they just weren't, and instead mostly ended up earning footnotes. It seems like a combination of bad luck, insufficient management, and questionable decisions on their part. The orange version of 'Silver Princess' probably would have survived if it was printed for the AD&D market, but hit the shelves just as TSR was belatedly realizing that many of their customers were minors and that just maybe parents might be surprised and concerned by the content of their product and the module was intended for the 'Basic' line. I've always found it ironic that in other articles, I've seen the artwork with the naked woman tied up by her own hair and being tortured by a group of men used as evidence of the rampant misogyny of early D&D, when in fact it was the product of some of the only women working at TSR at the time. It's almost as ironic as Wonder Woman becoming an icon of female empowerment. [/QUOTE]

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