role of women in 1950s

Question 1

what were women seen as primarily in the 1950s?

Answer 1

housewives, financially dependent on husbands

Question 2

what percentage of women were married?

Answer 2

75%

Question 3

ways in which the experience for women stayed the same:

Answer 3

1. still uncommon for married women to work
2. trade unions tended not to support women working
3. many believed it would be damaging for children if their mothers worked

Question 4

ways in which the experience for women changed:

Answer 4

1. by the 60s more women were working
2. some improvements for working women e.g. equal pay for teachers and civil servants
3. labour saving devices made life for women easier e.g. washing machines - one new washing machine called ‘the liberator’
4. second wave feminism began in the us during this period