Sharon, more & more married women went to work outside the home as the '50s
ended and the '60s began. But I think in smaller towns there existed a certain
stigma about women who chose that role. I distinctly remember my paternal
grandmother, who lived in a small Iowa town, "tsk, tsk"ing with a group of her
fellow housewives about a neighbor who had gone to work in my grandfather's
office, even though she didn't "have to work". That was something I remember
hearing from lots of housewives as I was growing up in the '50s. It was a sort
of domestic badge of honor to be so completely supported by your husband that
if you didn't have to work, why on earth would you want to. Pretty much why I
decided, at about age 10, that I never wanted to be a housewife! I couldn't
then, nor can I now, fathom dependency in an adult as anything to be desired.
HistoryBuff
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One of the episodes I watched today was the one about Andy and Helen rumored to
get married.
Now at the end, Andy clarifies that it wasn't the right time. Helen concurs
and says she's spent so much time learning, and she wants to teach for a while.
Is that how it was 'back in the day'? Married women didn't work outside the
home at all?
Thanks,
Sharon
70 Minutes From Mayberry
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