A Strange Stirring: the Feminine Mystique And American Women At the Dawn of the 1960s
“Although this was true for many Americans, revolutionary changes were occurring below the surface in women’s behaviors and options. One puzzling question is why these changes, which were well under way by the mid-1950s, did not undercut the media definition of women as homemakers long before the 1963 publication of The Feminine Mystique, and why so many of Friedan’s readers found her defense of women’s right and need to work a revelation.
Although women’s employment had fallen dramatically in t...he immediate aftermath of World War II, by 1947 it was growing again. And by 1955 a higher percentage of women worked for wages than ever had during the war. In fact, their employment rate grew four times faster than men’s during the 1950s. The employment of wives tripled and the employment of mothers increased fourfold.
The social acceptability of women working also increased during the 1950s. In the era’s romantic comedies and popular love stories, it was often the girl who worked at a fun job, not the “girl next door,”MoreLess
Although women’s employment had fallen dramatically in t...he immediate aftermath of World War II, by 1947 it was growing again. And by 1955 a higher percentage of women worked for wages than ever had during the war. In fact, their employment rate grew four times faster than men’s during the 1950s. The employment of wives tripled and the employment of mothers increased fourfold.
The social acceptability of women working also increased during the 1950s. In the era’s romantic comedies and popular love stories, it was often the girl who worked at a fun job, not the “girl next door,”MoreLess
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