Watching the videos in class this week made me realize how much women had to overcome and still fight, for equal rights in America. Women in the 50s would sing about their fears of there husbands leaving them and this shows how women were treated as only to be a housewife and not have a career of their own. Women started to stand up to the social norm and striked against being a housewife and wanted to go out in the workforce. At the same time, more women started to sing about standing up for themselves and not needing to rely on a male to live. Women started to get more respect as workers but there was still a gap between females and males. Men would still be picked first for hiring and last for firing, all while having a significantly higher pay wage. Women would begin to stand up again for themselves and closed this gap by a lot, but there is still work to be done for women’s rights.