that meant that these

它的意思是
teachers who were female teachers who were nuns,

这些女教师们她们也是修女
who were allowed to teach in the public schools until they died,

她们被允许在公立学校教书直到去世
and they were given that

她们被赋予了这样的尊严
dignity to be able to stay and teach there.

能够留在学校里教书
And their teaching was valued for what they did.

她们的辛勤教学是受到尊重的
And so again what one has

所以我再次强调每个想要尝试的女性
to--has to keep all these things in perspective.

必须权衡所有方面的问题
And for example there was a woman,

举例来说我有一个女性朋友
a friend of mine who did a book,

曾经写了一本书
a long time ago,

很久以前写的
which feminists just mauled,

女权主义者对这本书很抓狂