The Evolving Roles of Suburban Women: Document Based Questions
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This assignment contains 4 separate sources examining the traditional idea of the "suburban housewife."
The sources include;
(1.) Harry Henderson, “The Mass-Produced Suburbs: How People Live in America’s Newest Towns.” Harper’s Magazine, November 1953.
(2.) The Feminine Mystique 1963
(3.) Joanne Meyerowitz,“Beyond the Feminine Mystique: A Reassessment of Postwar Mass Culture, 1946- 1958.”
(4.) Alice Kessler-Harris, Out to Work, 2003, pp. 301- 302.
Each document has 1-4 questions each to help students analyze the sources and understand the time period. (Total Questions 16.)
Finally one short writing prompt exists at the end of the activity directing students to answer; Is the image of the happy submissive 1950s housewife accurate? Provide evidence from the documents to support your response.
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