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| + | '''Debate''': | ||
| + | 1) Defend women’s role as housewives as defined by 1950s suburban ideals. | ||
| + | 2) Protest women’s roles as defined by housewife. | ||
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| + | == Overarching questions for the discussion: == | ||
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| + | What was the rationale for the ideal of the suburban housewife? | ||
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| + | Could a married woman balance work and family in the 1950s? What Tensions did that place on her? On her family? | ||
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| + | What were the alternative experiences to the suburban housewife? What pressure to conform to that ideal did women of other classes, other ethnicities, other areas (Urban/rural) face? | ||
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| + | Where do unplanned pregnancies fit into this idealized world of the 1950s? | ||
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| + | In what ways 1950s activism challenge the image of the suburban housewife? In what ways did it fit with that image? | ||
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== "Balancing Work and Family," Betty Jeanne Boggs == | == "Balancing Work and Family," Betty Jeanne Boggs == | ||