Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
“lavender scare,”
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male power was as necessary in the home as in the political realm,
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
THE POLITICS of the cold war and the
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
they too suffer enormous stress and confusion.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
female sexuality was a central part of the good life that both systems claimed to espouse.
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was their hope for their children.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
“But women all get that way after children come—too much mother, too little wife.”
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
They were no longer bound to the home.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
Congress passed the Equal Pay Act