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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 4 ^4 4 start superscript, 4, end superscript Moreover, Lucille Ball, while playing the role of a hapless housewife on TV, was in reality a highly successful actress and producer, and thus challenged society’s expectations of women. Women who were or had been married were asked if they had ever given birth to a child. For the 1941 Census detailed information was collected on fertility. On the other hand, the fact that every episode revolved around Lucy’s attempts to pursue outside interests indicated her discontent with remaining at home. Over the early part of the last century, one of the most prominent roles of a wife was to give birth and raise children within a male-headed family. Lucille Ball, in I Love Lucy, inevitably met with disaster whenever she pursued job opportunities or interests that took her outside of the household. These shows portrayed the primary roles of women as wives and mothers. 3 ^3 3 cubed Shows promoting the values of domesticity, like Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best, became especially popular. The norms of consumer culture and domesticity were disseminated via new and popular forms of entertainment – not just the television, which became a fixture in middle-class American households during the 1950s, but also women’s magazines, popular psychology, and cinema. A Room of Ones Own by Virginia Woolf Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams The Role of Women in Society in the 20th Century by Salvatore Ferrazzani. ![]()
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