Women's Issues

The Role of Women Throughout History

Throughout the 1950's and 1960's women were expected to stay at home or work in underpaid jobs. Women started to learn about `how to be a house wife' while still in school. Their education was emphasised on home sciences and the majority of women left before high school. Then found themselves a husband and spent the rest of their lives raising a family. Their whole lives revolved around taking care of the house, kids and husband. For example when their husband came home from `a hard day of work' their wife would have cold drinks and finger food snacks waiting for them. Women weren't able to go out into the work force because they were given such an unfair wage. Women weren't able to make their own choices in life they only had once path pay to choose...