"From Rosie to Lucy”
Name: ____________________________
US HISTORY AP
Answer the following questions regarding this essay:
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?