In 1968, it was announced Hepburn would be living separately and then eventually divorce her first husband, Mel Ferrer. Divorce was still something that was not extremely common, but Hepburn was a woman who valued her career and her happiness, so she did not let the times stop her from doing what was best for her career, her family, and herself.
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Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn was a star not only on the silver screen but also in fashion and lifestyle. Her classy composure was something that women in the 60s sought after. One of her mosts famous films Breakfast at Tiffany's was released in 1960. The role of the movie was rewritten to better suit Hepburn, her character was supposed to be more of a streetwalker and Hepburn's presence seemed too clean for that role, but they wanted her so bad they rewrote the character.
Not only was Audrey a star, but also a mother. Audrey had two sons, she is pictured below holding her first son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer. Audrey was often criticized for continuing to work after she had children, and although having children was something that Hepburn had always wanted, she continued to work because she loved both of them. |
Jackie KennedyJackie Kennedy was the first lady in the beginning of the 1960s. She was only 30 when she became first lady, and for someone at such a young age she took on being the first lady with grace and determination. Her big project as first lady was to restore the White House- no small task- but one she handled beautifully and was often complimented on. She also traveled often with President Kennedy and was well-liked not only for her manners, but her fluency in several other languages than english including french and italian. Jackie Kennedy was also known as a style icon, but she insisted to the media to pay less attention to her clothes the nation looked to her for style and poise.
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Gloria is also well known for an expose she wrote in 1963 on the Playboy club in New York City. For the piece Steinem went undercover as a waitress at the club, which included wearing the bunny ears and all. This made Gloria Steinem one of the few authors in the sixties who were paving the way to normalize talking about sex, which was not something that was publicly discussed in previous years.
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Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem was a prominent activist in the 1960s and beyond. She focuses on many different topics, but in the 60s she was more focused on women's rights. She helped start many organizations including Woman's Action Alliance, and the National Woman's Political Caucus. In the 1968 she was one of the co-founders of New York Magazine. Steinem was a talented writer and apart from starting her own organizations or publications her writing could also be found in the New York Times, Esquire, and other international publications.
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In 2011, Gloria Steinem was awarded GLAMOUR's Woman of the Year, and created a video on a small part of Gloria's work and why she thinks everyone should be a feminist. |
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Information Please! was first handed out to students in 1950, and the last issue on reserve was dated 1967.Information Please instructed women on how they were meant to handle themselves on campus and throughout their daily routines.
Copies of Information Please! are kept online in the Hornbake Reserves |
Information Please! Included many sections that taught women how to act on campus. Along with tips on how to succeed in school, it also included sections about leaving campus, missing class, things a student would need to know.
"And remember, that while you are walking a cigarette looks bad dangling from your mouth or hand. Don't talk with a cigarette in your mouth, it looks funny bouncing up and down. Finally, don't chew gum in public, the dairy is where the cows belong." Although women were on this campus just the same as men, they had to have their own rules written for them, even for activities that men also participated in, like co-ed parties or walking around campus. This tradition did not last too long at the University of Maryland but just because the rules were no longer written down did not mean that they were suddenly unexpected of women. #screwyourexpectations |