For instance, after she married her husband, Dr. Henry Beach found it “...inappropriate for a woman of her social standing, so he restricted her public performances to one solo recital each year and occasional orchestral and chamber concerts, with the proceeds donated to charity.”(Burkholder, 755). Dr. Beach’s actions reflected society’s belief that whatever the husband said was the final verdict and were expected to do as told. Beach’s husband made her donate the money to charity because if she took any compensation for her performances she would be seen as a professional and society would see her as a “working class woman”. She also did not work under her own name while her husband was alive. After her husband 's death she primarily defied expected gender expectations by continuing her professional career after her husband’s
For instance, after she married her husband, Dr. Henry Beach found it “...inappropriate for a woman of her social standing, so he restricted her public performances to one solo recital each year and occasional orchestral and chamber concerts, with the proceeds donated to charity.”(Burkholder, 755). Dr. Beach’s actions reflected society’s belief that whatever the husband said was the final verdict and were expected to do as told. Beach’s husband made her donate the money to charity because if she took any compensation for her performances she would be seen as a professional and society would see her as a “working class woman”. She also did not work under her own name while her husband was alive. After her husband 's death she primarily defied expected gender expectations by continuing her professional career after her husband’s