More Book Suggestions for Mid-Twentieth Century Gender Relations

I do think it would be nice to focus on gender roles during the mid-twentieth century so the discussion doesn't get too broad.

• The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimor - this book was the inspiration for the theme so it would be nice if a few people read it.
• The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood 1967 [the seminal work (ha, seminal!) that put Atwood on the map]
• The Power of the Positive Woman by Phyllis Schlafly 1977
• Man and Marraige by George Gilder 1993 [George Gilder's Men and Marriage is a revised and expanded edition of his 1973 landmark work, Sexual Suicide . He examines the deterioration of the family, the well-defined sex roles it offered, and how this change has shifted the focus of our society.]
• Women's Magazines: 1940-1960 Gender Roles and the Popular Press

Book Suggestions for Mid-Twentieth Century, Gender-Themed Book Club

The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
The Group by Mary McCarthy
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Consider Her Ways by John Wyndham
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gloria Steinem