Mounting_Tempest

Mounting Tempest A Mounting Tempest The 1960’s were a period of enormous social upheaval in America. The civil rights movement came to a head, the country itself was on unstable ground because of the Cold War, and the feminist movement began in earnest with the 1963 publication of Friedman’s book, The Feminine Mystique. The traditional roles that men and women had held throughout Western civilization were being shaken. More and more women were working and becoming successful in previously male-dominated fields. The June 23rd edition of The New York Times contains an article about Susan Greenburg Wood, a photographer who was “one of the few women who (had) succeeded as a photojournalist” at the time. The article praises Mrs. Wood on her rise to the top of a male-dominated field, but is quick to point out that her job has afforded her the opportunity to meet and marry a man. And, lest the readers be confused at her marital status, the author (a woman, by the bye) hastily reassures them that “once her identity as the wife of Brendan Wood . . . is established professionally, she will drop her maiden name.” This article mounting, tempest, women, miranda, men, time, woman, husband, article, about, wood, martha, fact, mr, world, while, very, think, play, mrs, movement, working, susan, roles, quite, one, much, little, june, been, 1962, york, wives, traditional, totally