Sex & The City - And How Far 40 Has Come!

Ever think about just how much the world has changed for women ...and how much differently we view ourselves today, then say, 40 years ago?

To prove just how much, try this little memory game: Remember the hot, steamy and oh-so-fabulous–forty-something character of Samantha, on the now infamous TV show Sex and the City - circa 2000? (Like we could ever forget her!)

Well believe it or not, forty years earlier, Samantha shared her 40-something age bracket with another very famous female TV character, one who, in her day, helped change our views with much the same attention as Samantha. Who was she?

I'll bet you're thinking Mary Tyler Moore's Mary Richards . Uh uh, guess again.
How about Marlo Thomas' Anne Marie? Nope!
Give up ?

Hold your breath now: It was that frumpy, doting, house-coat-wearing character Edith Bunker on the now infamous sit-com All in the Family - circa 1960's.

Yup...the characters of Edith and Samantha were roughly the same age on their respective shows - they both portrayed women in their early 40's. Are you as flabbergasted as I was?

My, my, my ....how times have changed! :)