<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishTangu wakati huo, amekuwa akifanya kazi yake vizuri, akijifanya kuwa kitengo tofauti na si tu kusimama kwa mwanamume wake, kama mwanaharakati wa wanawake wa Dowd, lakini kusimama kwa familia yake, kama mtu mzima - hali ambayo Dowd mwenyewe kwa kushangaza haionekani kuwa karibu na miaka inapita.  <response>: And since then, she has played her part just fine, establishing herself as a separate unit and not just standing by her man, like Dowds failed feminist, but standing by her family, like a grown-up--a condition that Dowd herself curiously never seems to get any closer to as the years go by. 