Betty Foy

In this chapter of The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan denounces a fundamental notion of the mystique: The role for women in the home is equal to the role of men in society. To further explain this notion, she makes use of several different rhetorical devices such as antithesis, when she establishes a connection between the dreadful physical and mental health of full time housewives plus men working on assembly lines, and she does so in order to accentuate the hidden problems of “alcoholism, obesity

In the 1950’s, women truly believed they were living the life. Every day, they would do chores like making beds and clean up after her children. All their “desires are to glory in their own feminity” (Friedan). They believed that to be the best wife is to please their husband and should only be “concerned only about her husband and children” (Friedan). Even though women assumed they were being an ideal wife and mother, their role should not define who they are as women because they should not feel

for equality. Gloria Steinem is among many of the influential women who took the world by storm with their radical ideas of feminism and challenge the ideals that society had set forth for post-war women of the time. Before joining Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan in the formation of the National Women’s Politic Caucus, Gloria Steinem was taking care of her divorced, mentally ill mother in Toledo, Ohio. Steinem spent six years caring for her mother before she left for Smith College where she obtained

The Women’s Movement The women’s rights movement was a huge turning point for women because they had succeeded in the altering of their status as a group and changing their lives of countless men and women. Gender, Ideology, and Historical Change: Explaining the Women’s Movement was a great chapter because it explained and analyzed the change and causes of the women’s movement. Elaine Tyler May’s essay, Cold War Ideology and the Rise of Feminism and Women’s Liberation and Sixties Radicalism

The 1960’s was a time period in the United States history that saw an abundance of change for the American people. One of the many changes was the “sexual revolution”, which mainly focused on women. Not only did it focus on the sexual liberation of women, but also the attitude towards women in corporate America. The sexual revolution was a major turning point on how women were perceived in public, media, and politics. Throughout the 20th century women had become a political presence. They fought

Riverdale is an American television program that is based primarily on the Archie comics which were first released in the 1940’s. The comics focus largely on a love triangle between the three main characters, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and Archie Andrews. Unlike the television show, Betty and Veronica see one another as frenemies and are constantly at odds over Archie, who is never at fault for any of the mishaps that happen. The Archie comics were never big advocates of feminism and instead focused

Working outside of the home was rare for women at a time and was wrong if it was done. Women that did work outside of the home were not taken seriously being seen as less intelligent than men and less able to cope with stress (Harrington 16). They were “physically and intellectually inferior” so women weren’t usually allowed to face the outside world (Collins 4-5). Women were told if they worked, they would be taking jobs away from men that needed to support their families, but in reality most women

In the critically acclaimed musical “Grease”, we are introduced to a group of teenagers going through the trials and tribulations of average high school students in the 1950s. The lead characters of this musical, Danny and Sandy, exhibited the various characteristics and key concepts of the respectable decade. While this musical and its characters may be quickly written off as super-sexist with outdated ideas of gender, it actually demonstrates in a subtle way the rise of feminist ideals. A perfect

modern day hero named Betty Ford, Betty was the first lady and she had breast cancer. Betty opened up about her cancer and told lady’s to be safe and check to to see if they are ok. Betty Ford in a way helped the people physically by making them go to the doctor, this could have saved people- they could have caught the cancer before it was too late. According to Betty Ford: A New Kind of First Lady “Checkups increased by 300 to 400 percent”. I put this quote to show how Betty Ford is so inspiring

The American Cinema of the 1950s can be noted for its various portrayals of masculinity and dominating consumer culture geared toward male gender. Arguably hidden behind punks and gangsters was a class of defiant girls who subverted the gender ideals of the time and are evidenced through a series of “Bad Girl” films. The bad girl film cycle is one of the latter trends of the ‘50s Social Problem film and an examination of this cycle will provide theoretical speculation regarding its influence on the