{"id":857,"date":"2017-06-19T15:01:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ushistory2os2xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=857"},"modified":"2017-06-19T15:01:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:01:58","slug":"assignment-women-in-the-1950s","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-ushistory2os2xmaster\/chapter\/assignment-women-in-the-1950s\/","title":{"raw":"Assignment: Women in the 1950s","rendered":"Assignment: Women in the 1950s"},"content":{"raw":"<p>The 1950s was a golden age in the United States.\u00a0 WWII was over, business was booming, everyone had a house, a car, and a white picket fence. There were, however, sources of discontent brewing beneath the surface, most notably civil rights, women's rights, and youth rebellion.\n<\/p><ul><li>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/history\/document\/goodwife.asp\" target=\"_blank\">How to Be a Good Housewife<\/a>. It's probably not a real document, but the ideas in it are 100% accurate is describing \"The Cult of Domesticity\" - the role assigned to women in the 1950s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAnswer the following:\n<ol><li>How would you summarize the list and describe the Cult of Domesticity?<\/li>\n\t<li>Why would the United States want to put such a straitjacket on women in the 1950s? (Hint: what were women able to do during WWII?What were women's rights in the Soviet Union like? How did the US see itself in relation to the Soviet Union? - the answer to these three questions will point you toward the main point)<\/li>\n<\/ol>","rendered":"<p>The 1950s was a golden age in the United States.\u00a0 WWII was over, business was booming, everyone had a house, a car, and a white picket fence. There were, however, sources of discontent brewing beneath the surface, most notably civil rights, women&#8217;s rights, and youth rebellion.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/history\/document\/goodwife.asp\" target=\"_blank\">How to Be a Good Housewife<\/a>. It&#8217;s probably not a real document, but the ideas in it are 100% accurate is describing &#8220;The Cult of Domesticity&#8221; &#8211; the role assigned to women in the 1950s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Answer the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How would you summarize the list and describe the Cult of Domesticity?<\/li>\n<li>Why would the United States want to put such a straitjacket on women in the 1950s? (Hint: what were women able to do during WWII?What were women&#8217;s rights in the Soviet Union like? 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