>>I'm wondering if men were turfed out of the Reading/Writing Room.<<
Jon, in what was known as a man's world (and still is, to some degree, although it's changing), there undoubtedly were very few places that a man, especially one of wealth, wasn't
allowed to go (one being the bridge and places designated for crew only). There were places, however, where the men
preferred not to visit, or
had no interest in visiting, but that's a different thing altogether. Unfortunately, I cannot say the opposite, or reverse, case was also true, as societies run by men tended to provide certain privileges for men and not for women. Of course, this wasn't an
'absolute' rule regarding
everything.
Just
my thoughts anyway, although I will no doubt be 'challenged' and/or 'corrected' by some here
hehe.