HUMA 1951 Chapter : Friedan-the problem without a name. Gender and womens studies.docx
4 Oct 2013
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The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of american women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the united states. Truly feminine women do not want careers, higher education, political rights. Devote their entire lives to finding a husband and bearing children. By the end of the 1950"s, average age marriage of women in america dropped to 20. Proportion of women attending college dropped from 47% to 35% in 1958. By mid 50"s, 60% dropped out of college to marry. A new degree was instituted for the wives ph. t putting husband through. By the end of the 50"s, usa"s birthrate was overtaking india"s. Women dying of cancer refused a drug which research proved to save life"s, but it"s side effects were said to be unfeminine. If i only have one life, let me live it as a blonde.
