Description: Interviews with several different women about the women's movement and how it has affected the lives of modern women. Topics include politics and laws that affect women, a woman's identity, equality, children and gender roles, changing ideas about marriage, motherhood, and education for women, and what mothers want for their daughters. Interviews intercut with b-roll of the reporter interviewing women, policewomen on the street, men eating in an office cafeteria, children playing at a daycare/preschool, photos of women working, women at a meeting. Also includes footage of young boys telling the reporter what they want to be when they grow up, and an interview with a man about how his wife's changing ideas have affected their lives and marriage. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 3 reels related to this series of stories.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/02/1973
Description: Interview with a woman pilot about who she thinks the "New Woman" is and footage of her flying a small plane. Reporter standup about the "New Woman" including the reporter reading a segment of the novel "John Livingston Seagull" over footage of seagulls. Interview with a businesswoman about the balance between career and family and how education affected her goals in life compared to her mother's goals. B-roll of illustrations from a childrens book, children playing outside at recess, interview cutaways, a man watering the garden, and exterior shot of a home. Mix of sound and silent. This is 3 of 3 reels related to this series of stories.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/02/1973