1) Describe the post-WWII frustrations felt by women such as Betty Friedan.
2) During the era of “Rosie the Riveter”, what gains did women make in the workforce? How did these women feel about themselves and their contributions? What did society as a whole think?
3) What role did mass media play during the 1950s and 1960s in regard to supporting or undermining the “feminine mystique”?
4) Which television heroine -- Alice, Lucy, or Miss Brooks -- came the closest to TRULY overcoming the feminine mystique, and elaborate on that heroine’s situation and relationship to the men in her life.
1)Describe the post-WWII frustrations felt by women such as Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan and other women were frustrated about their roles as women in society and in the household. Many women weren’t pleased being the typical housewife, they wanted to be someone and have their own identity. When women started working during WWII they found the heroine they wanted for themselves. After the war, most women stopped working and went back to being housewives. Betty Friedan was frustrated at this and didn’t comprehend why women stopped working.

2) During the era of “Rosie the Riveter”, what gains did women make in the workforce? How did these women feel about themselves and their contributions? What did society as a whole think?
While most of the men were out in the field battling war, women were the only ones left to the do the work the men had left without employment. Advertising at one time dispirited women from opposing with men for jobs. But when all the men went to war, women were then had a chance to join the workforce. These women felt they were contributing to their country and families. While their husbands were earning low military pay. Women who were working were making an extra income to help their families. Society believed that women should contribute towards the war as much they could to help their men survive.

3) What role did mass media play during the 1950s and 1960s in regard to supporting or undermining the “feminine mystique”?
At first, the media undermined the feminine mystique. In magazines women worked on they showed women who had careers and who made their own way and had goals. That changed when men started coming home from the war. These men wanted a calmer home lifestyle with their wives working at home. They became the editors of the magazines, and started representing women as loving housewives and supporting feminine mystique.
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