Step 1: Read the article by Marcia Cohen, entitled “Betty Friedan Destroys the M

Step 1: Read the article by Marcia Cohen, entitled “Betty Friedan Destroys the Myth of the Happy Housewife” on pages 294-305 in Portrait of America, 10th edition.

Step 2: Post a response to one of the following options on the discussion board
Choose one of the questions at the end of reading, on pages 305-306, for the topic of your posting
You may also choose to post on other topics that are related to the article.
ThPick one of these questions
1- What was the “primary goal” of the most college women in the 1950s? How did the movie Women’s world reflect the role that housewives were to play in the corporate world and in the lives of their husbands?
2- In the years after the Korean War, many women entered the work force. What type of jobs did they acquire, and why did they view their work as “unim-portant and transitory” rather than a career? How did television portray blacks and women in the 1950s? Explain the role that consumerism, the press, and the American educational system played in perpetuating prevailing assumptions about women.
3- What was Friedan’s purpose in distributing a questionnaire at her class reunion? What surprise did she discover in the responses of the ” stay-at-home moms”? Describe the reactions of McCall’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Redbook to Friedan’s article on ” The Togetherness Women.”