By Joan Mathews Jacobson
Addresses the key matters confronted through midlife ladies within the past due 20th century.
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A new form of affluence emerged as families indulged their children with the things that they lacked in their own childhoods during the Great Depression. Dr. Benjamin Spock was embraced as the ultimate authority on how to raise children during the baby-boom generation era (Jones, Page 16 1981). Child-centered parents created the most privileged and indulged cohort in history. Contrary to the child-rearing experiences of their parents these children were both seen and heard. The Baby-Boom Generation Baby-boom children were the first to experience television and, for the most part, experienced more affluence than their parents.
The medical profession has traditionally offered very little support for symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes, other than tranquilizers and hormones. The older generation of midlife women were not so- Page 4 cialized to question the treatment offered by often paternalistic and ill-informed physicians. These physicians treated menopause as an illness. Slowly, the medical community has been influenced, in some instances by new technology, to be more receptive in using alternative treatment.
Early American women were taught to read and write so that they might read the Bible. Women were responsible for teaching their children to share in the religious life of the community. Girls, most often educated at home, were instructed to be pure, submissive, and pious. When formal education was established, only boys received a classical education in Greek, Latin, philosophy, and history to prepare them for college. Harvard was founded in 1636, but only young men were permitted to attend. Girls were eventually admitted to public education at this time, but continued to receive different preparation than boys.