Women In The Fifties Research Paper

The experiences of women in the fifties was not what it appeared to be. Women in the fifties were victims of a culture that predetermined their destiny. Their destiny was to become married and stay at home watching over the children. The actual experiences which women in the fifties faced were that of being forced to face the cultural norm or being hidden away or rejected from their families and being unable to obtain the same education and pay as men. At eighteen years old Doris lived and worked as a cocktail waitress in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She went out with a friend one night and ended up getting raped. She decided that she would give the baby to a couple that was looking to adopt. Eventually Doris told her parents and her father told her she would either keep the baby or be disowned. Another example of a family shaming their daughter for not fitting into cultural norms was that of Kitty Delson’s sister. Kitty’s sister wound up pregnant and their parents kept her locked up in her room. She gave birth in the room she was locked up in and didn’t go out in public until she moved to Britain to be married. …show more content…
They faced some of the largest problems and rejections of any women during this period. In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower banned homosexuals from federal jobs. One lesbian woman named Cam Donahue joined the army. Soon she and a few of her friends had been turned in and given dishonorable discharges and a letter sent to their parents. When Cam’s father found out he told her that he didn’t want to see her unless she got rid of her friends. Cam’s brother told her that she had to dress and act like a lady around his children and that he didn’t want her alone with them. Another woman named Jill Morris became married to a man and settled down just to hide the fact that she was