Importance of American women as workers and women in the work force as well as homemaker and housewife. American woman working as scientist in a laboratory at the Sloan-Kettering Institute. Male scientist injects serum into white mice. Female scientist runs tests. Woman nurse in operation theater. Woman hairdresser works in a salon. Woman farmer driving a tractor on a farm. Woman wearing a protective shield mask operates machinery in a factory. Woman administrative worker files papers in an office filing cabinet. Air hostesses or flight attendant stewardess group lined up for inspection in front of a parked aircraft. Woman homemaker holds a needle and appears to be threading it. A mother bandages the skinned knee of a young boy seated on the side of a bath tub. Woman sewing. A woman sitting in a rocking chair with a cat on her lap, listening to a radio or phonograph. Young American woman with an American man standing on a wooden bridge over a stream.
Working American women at home using modern conveniences in the post war era. American woman puts meat loaf in oven. Man screws a towel rack into place. Housewife at oven as daughter comes in kitchen, talks to mother, then leaves. Girl and boy children in 1950s era family set dinner table. Sign 'Fellowship House YWCA'. Girl walks up path towards house. Girl irons dress. Other girl enters and she crosses room and sits on sofa. A man’s photograph is displayed behind the girl ironing clothes. College banners from Columbia, NYU and Fordham decorate the living room. Girl files her nails. A framed college graduation photo on display. Woman walks up path into house. Father sits in easy chair as she walks in and kisses him on forehead. Woman enters kitchen and takes cookie from jar. She walks to mother at sink and kisses her. Woman inserts eggbeater attachment to Mixmaster mixer, pushes button and eggbeater spins. A woman sits on her desk. Woman reads her family’s monthly bills before writing checks. A music appreciation group comprised of young people listen to music in a living room. A man talks to a woman knitting. Music record spins on vinyl LP phonograph record player. Couple sits on couch. Girl strokes a kitten in lap as they listen to music. Kitten jumps up. View of a living room console radio and a man seated in the same room reading the newspaper. Woman knits. View of a Movie theater marquee advertising movies "Angel on the Amazon" and "The Last Bandit." Young woman and young woman couple on a date stand in front of theater at the ticket box office. Boy steps to movie theater box office ticket window then takes the girl’s hand as they walk in. Scenes return to house, with young woman as she reads in bed, puts book away, turns off radio and light, and goes to sleep. Husband and wife are asleep. Wife turns in her sleep.
An alarm clock atop a radio. Young woman reaches with her hand and turns off alarm clock. Woman stretching in bed gets up, gives girl in other bed a poke, pulls cover off, puts on robe and walks out as other young woman gets up. Woman opens venetian blinds and rubs her eyes. Woman's feet getting in to slippers. Woman seated on edge of bed. She stands, stretches, yawns and walks out. Women workers busy in factory as they assemble and check tiny parts for hearing aids. Working women on break in rest room sit and read, some talk. One girl primps and adjusts her hair at a mirror, and smokes a cigarette. Nurse bandages a young woman's finger in the company infirmary.
Women vote for a public bill for a housing project in Riverdale, New York. Woman sits at table in bank, hands out information leaflets. Women pass voting leaflets near trolley or streetcar, car, bus and at railroad train station as train arrives. Women speak at a radio station. View of radio announcer at console in radio studio. Close up views of different men and women speaking on old telephones. Men and women walk into a voting room. Woman in voting booth marks ballot. Hands mark 'no' and 'yes' in ballot. Woman walks past housing construction. Man at counter of a food grocery store. Women speak to the man and to each other in the grocery store Produce on stands seen in background.
Central park in New York. People on boats in the central park pond. New York skyline and trees in background. People walk on bridge over the pond in Central park. Bethesda fountain designed by Emma Stebbins with female winged angel on top and four cherubs representing Temperance,Purity,Health and Peace at bottom. People sit in garden banking the pond.
Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos addresses United Nations assembly. Name Plate of Cuba on table. Cuban President sits and speak from his place. Papers lay on table.
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