Newsweek 1960: Working mothers?
The current issue of Newsweek features this March 1960 cover asking about the role of educated mothers and their place n society. This was published three years before Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique asked that question.
It is yet another example of how numerous elements that were taking place in the 1960s in terms of creating a foundation for the women’s liberation movement.
It is worth noting that several women’s pages editors and journalists were mothers who experienced the difficulties of raising children while working outside the home. Some examples are: Eleanor Hart and Jeanne Voltz at the Miami Herald, Lois Hagen and Constance Daniell at the Milwaukee Journal, Vivian Castleberry at the Dallas Times Herald and Maggie Savoy at the Arizona Republic.
Newsweek 1960: Working mothers?
The current issue of Newsweek features this March 1960 cover asking about the role of educated mothers and their place n society. This was published three years before Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique asked that question.
It is yet another example of how numerous elements that were taking place in the 1960s in terms of creating a foundation for the women’s liberation movement.
It is worth noting that several women’s pages editors and journalists were mothers who experienced the difficulties of raising children while working outside the home. Some examples are: Eleanor Hart and Jeanne Voltz at the Miami Herald, Lois Hagen and Constance Daniell at the Milwaukee Journal, Vivian Castleberry at the Dallas Times Herald and Maggie Savoy at the Arizona Republic.
