Gender Equality In The 1950's

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Cobble finishes up by talking about today’s “norm” and how there is now less sex discrimination claims than other lawsuits in the working world. She points at out that the movement has come a long way but there are still many obstacles ahead. There are many more powerful people on the feminist side of the fight today than there once was and that can come to a huge advantage. Many shows in the 1950’s represented women as the very stereotypical housewife. Father Knows Best, I Love Lucy, and Leave it to Beaver were three very well known shows of this decade and were perfect examples of media misrepresenting women and their roles. I Love Lucy has an episode where her and a friend (another woman) try to go get a job and their husbands try to cook