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WEEK 11: Women, Gender, Rights, in the 1950s: Domesticity Revisited?

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Introduction to The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique,(New York: Norton & Co.) 1963. https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/s eminars/tcentury/FeminineMystique.pdf

Beyond the Feminine Mystique by Joanne Meyerowitz (log in to the Library!)

Meyerowitz, Joanne. “Beyond the Feminine Mystique: A Reassessment of Postwar Mass Culture, 1946- 1958.” The Journal of American History 79, no. 4 (1993): 1455–82. https://doi.org/10.2307/2080212.

Gendered Invisibility: Ethnic Mexican Women in the Bracero Program Read/Watch Intro. Read Documents 1, 3, 6, 8 (Be advised: derogatory language toward Mexican Immigrants from the time period.We can process this in the discussion forum and hive mind document.), 9, 10, 18, 22,24 (Sign in to the Library).

Gendered Invisibility: Ethnic Mexican Women and the Bracero Program, Documents selected and interpreted by Alina R. Méndez. (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2021). http://proxylib.csueastbay.edu/login?url=https://searc h.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity %7Cweb_collection%7C5126556?account_id=28458 &usage_group_id=84395

American Women’s History:: A Very Short Introduction Ch. 4, pp 98-101 Please read this section as background information and focus discussion forum on readings that turn you into the historian of women, using skills you’ve developed this semester.

Susan Ware: American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction

1950s Hive mind document For asking questions, definitions, shared reading notes, and observations prior to discussion forum.