Board Thread:Television/@comment-1713281-20131004113215/@comment-1895174-20150120075044

Regardless of whether or not she took Betty as a representation of herself, it's still very much in-line with the series feminist message. The point is that the radio show, like her chauvinistic boss, thinks damsel in distress/stand-in girlfriend is the only role a woman could have played in WWII, which is very far from the reality of the situation.