Journalism Publications Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication 2014 Sisterhood in the '60s: Joan, Peggy, and a Feminist Awakening Tracy Lucht Iowa State University,
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[email protected]. Sisterhood in the '60s: Joan, Peggy, and a Feminist Awakening Abstract The period between World War II and the women's liberation movement was marked by palpable tension over social changes and gender ideology-an aspect of the postwar era well-known to historians but usually overlooked in the mass media. Television shows such as Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963), Father Knows Best (1954-1960), and The Adventures ofOzzie and Harriet (1952-1966) imagined a time that never existed, presenting the nation's women as domestic and suburban, happily embracing their roles as homemakers and submitting to their husband's authority (Coontz, 2000).