Until the 1960s, if you were a woman who wanted to play in a major orchestra, your best chance was to take up the harp. ... Even recalcitrant European symphonies have broken the gender barrier: The Berlin Philharmonic accepted a woman violinist in 1982, after 100 unisex years, and the Vienna Philharmonic ended its 155-year exclusionary policy in 1997 by (hire) its first permanent female member.
――都留文科大学 前期日程 (2月25日実施)――2005年