Modern women : the uneasy life

Duration: 1:00:00

Year Published: 1966

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center | National Educational Television

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Career wives, housewives, and husbands express views as individuals and in groups, concerning employment for the educated woman. Mrs. Raushenbush, the President of Sarah Lawrence College, along with others, speaks informally on education for women, their role today and their demand for greater freedom., Attempts to convey the inner feelings of a spectrum of educated women. Seeks answers to such questions as: "Can the 'equal' woman be the happy woman?" "Can the educated woman accept the traditional role of mother and housewife, or must she feel frustrated over unused talents and wasted mental energies?" Points out that individual women are beginning to realize a time in their lives when they will be freer than they ever were before and that through the challenge to become more active, many women are learning to face the dilemma and to take advantage of life's opportunities.

Complete Record: , Attempts to convey the inner feelings of a spectrum of educated women. Seeks answers to such questions as: "Can the 'equal' woman be the happy woman?" "Can the educated woman accept the traditional role of mother and housewife, or must she feel frustrated over unused talents and wasted mental energies?" Points out that individual women are beginning to realize a time in their lives when they will be freer than they ever were before and that through the challenge to become more active, many women are learning to face the dilemma and to take advantage of life's opportunities.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.