ATF Chapter 14, "From Rosie to Lucy”
US HISTORY AP
Answer the following questions regarding this essay:
Name: ____________________________
1. What prompted Betty Friedan to begin her study? Why did she decide to publish it as a book?
2. What were some of the reactions to women moving in large numbers to male-dominated jobs?
3. In what ways did the media influence the post-World War II image of women? Provide one
example from the reading.
4. According to the authors, why have historians largely avoided the debate regarding the influence of the
media on society?
5. What does content analysis reveal about television programs from this period? Do these conclusions
support Betty Friedan’s argument?
6. Name two contemporary television programs that reflect social values of the 1990s-2000. What are
those values, and how does each program reflect them?