Arleen Hart is born to Marion Liler Hart and Samuel Gordon Hart in 1950. After Marion's death, Samuel raises Arleen as a tomboy, teaching her how to ride a motorcycle and use a gun. When Arleen turns 16, her father reveals himself as a supreme chauvinist. He sends Arleen to a boarding school in Connecticut to learn how to become a lady. After boarding school, there comes College, Graduate School, then an unbearable job as a research assistant in a law firm.