Special for Women

11/10/1960

Wilhemina Ross realizes she is dissatisfied with her life as a housewife when she leaves a note for the milkman that reads 'Help.' She confronts this with her husband, Mike.

12/8/1960

Laura Tyler has been accused of child neglect simply because she works a job in addition to raising children. With her husband, Ross, she confronts the existential issues around working women in society.

2/2/1961

A troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man.

2/3/1961

A mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other.

4/13/1961

As Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities.

10/19/1961

Henry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen.

11/16/1961

Five women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal.

1/8/1962

Martha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness.

2/1/1962

A couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light.

4/19/1962

Reports that a nine-year-old has been pushed down a flight of stairs by his father leads to intervention by a social worker. Conflicting stories are heard in a Rashōmon-esque fashion, including from the mother. Investigations reveal that a wide range of social problems are at play.

10/28/1964

A female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation.

12/10/1964

After she suffers a stroke, Barbara Lawson is suggested by her doctor that she and her husband Joe live with their daughter's family.

2/26/1965

Jacquie Hunter is sick of being thought of as 'just a housewife' and wishes to leave her husband Matt to work for a career-oriented woman.