Career
Diana saw action during the Suez Crisis, when on 31 October 1956, she torpedoed and sank the Egyptian frigate Domiat, which was engaged in a one sided gun duel with the cruiser HMS Newfoundland in the Red Sea.
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“From a hasty glance through the various tests I figure it out that I would be classified in Group B, indicating “Low Average Ability,” reserved usually for those just learning to speak the English Language and preparing for a career of holding a spike while another man hits it.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“They want to play at being mothers. So let them. Expressing tenderness in their own way will not prevent girls from enjoying a successful career in the future; indeed, the ability to nurture is as valuable a skill in the workplace as the ability to lead.”
—Anne Roiphe (20th century)