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'''MAKE SURE TO ADD YOUR COMMENTS UNDER THE RELEVANT AUTHOR/TITLE HEADING (OR TO CREATE A NEW HEADING IF THERE ISN'T ONE YET)'''
 
'''MAKE SURE TO ADD YOUR COMMENTS UNDER THE RELEVANT AUTHOR/TITLE HEADING (OR TO CREATE A NEW HEADING IF THERE ISN'T ONE YET)'''
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'''Debate''':
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1) Defend women’s role as housewives as defined by 1950s suburban ideals.
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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 ==

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