During the Second World War, the majority of the men abandoned their family roles and adopted the responsibilities to defend the United States of America. As a result, women became the empowered heads of the family with the duties such as providing the source of livelihood for children. However, after the War came to an end in 1950, the roles changed drastically. Men regained their position as the heads of the family as while as performing professional functions. The media emphasized for women to take up their motherhood family role (Stoneham, 2008). Today, the majority of the women have abandoned their family roles and taken up professional roles in significant professional positions such as FBI and other corporations (Chu, 2013).
From 1920, women in the United States were empowered to vote and participate in politics. However, in the 1950s, women were still perceived as second- class, and their numerical count in political offices was low. For instance, in 1960, out of the 7700 state officials, only 234 political offices were headed by women, and most were the low ranking administrative positions (Beach, 2018). However, women are getting politically empowered. Today, women have enjoyed great political edge with some iconic figures like Hillary Clinton who ran for the presidency in the US (Clinton, 2016). That was a high-profile achievement among uncountable other political accomplishments by women whose numbers in high offices are on the increase. For instance, in 2017, 21% percent of the legislative posts were served by women
In the 1950s, professional occupations were barred from women, where they were paid less than men. For instance, in the 1950s, 3.5% percent of attorneys and 25 percent of corporation executives were women. In 2017 however, more than 35 % percent of attorneys were females. Women also enjoy equal employment opportunities as men as well as pay (Beach, 2018).
In the 1950s, it was exclusively the family responsibility for women to take up children’ s nursing responsibilities while the men participated in professional roles. In the contemporary society, however, only 56 % percent of women in the United States take up the children nursing roles (Cunha, 2015). Nerveless, a substantial percentage of women have prioritized on their professional careers. In the 1950s, women were considered second-class to men and although it was their constitutional right to enjoy academic privileges. However, according to the data provided by Center of American Progress, women have had overall academic success than men since 1982 to today, with around 60 % percent of the university degrees and masters for women, and also 47% percent of the doctorate level (Chu " Posner, 2013, Beach, 2018).
Although men still possess a political edge, the constitution has empowered women to compete equally with men. The world has been emphasizing the necessity to allow women through the media and other civil right championing agencies. In the future, the women could outnumber men in the elite positions especially because they are on a perfect spell of academic excellence.
References
Beach, J (2018) Women’s Rights in 1950s., Classroom, June 25th.
Clinton, H (2016) A Brief History in Women in American Politics., Washington Week., June 9th.
Chu, A " Posner, C (2013) The State of Women in America., Center for American Progress. Sept 25th.
Cunha, D (2015) I’m One of the 56 % American Mothers Who “Prefer” to Stay Home., Time Subscribe., Oct 9TH.
Stoneham, N. (2008) Women Roles in 1950s, American Decades., Vol 6, 2001, 278 -280
