As many bohemian women had to be in those days, Billie and Carolyn are tough, long-suffering handmaidens who protest their shabby treatment from men but put up with it.
Ms. Harden's Krasner, a tough, long-suffering woman who subordinates her career to supervise her husband's, only to be ditched by him for someone half her age, sadly seems historically right, too.
While they think the job is getting tougher, and suffering from a poor public image - and although they feel they lack the time and resources to give users of services as much support as they need - the professionals we interviewed expressed a striking degree of job satisfaction.
In no mood for the group hug of reconciliation, these women disdain categorization as symbols of suffering: tough, wise and sorrow-forged, they address the camera with a forthrightness as admirable as the director's willingness to absorb their occasional contempt.
So, Rose managed to shoot 66 on an immensely tough track while suffering from hay fever, bad sinuses and while operating in half-light behind his sunglasses.
This can be tough for women suffering from "fractured friendship syndrome".
Coyne says: "Our members are suffering a tough time at the moment.
But analysts from Evolution said that nevertheless the results were strong, and suffering from tough comparisons with last year.
Ms. Cesare said Mr. Nafis had endured a tough childhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, suffering beatings from relatives and ridicule from his peers because he had a stammer.
The result is that the system's users, many of them already suffering from tough economic times, could be stuck with the bill.
