Special for Women

Special for Women

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19601 Seasons
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Special for Women (also known as Purex Specials for Women) is a drama/documentary anthology series broadcast on NBC from 1960 to 1965. It dramatized problems faced by everyday women, including menopause, sexual dysfunction and the feminine beauty ideal, followed by a discussion of that episode's topic with a panel of experts.

Episodes

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1. The Cold Woman

Leora Davis confronts her sexual frigidity with her husband, Charles.

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2. The Trapped Housewife

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.

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3. The Working Mother

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.

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4. The Single Woman

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

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5. Mother and Daughter

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

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6. Change of Life

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

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7. What's Wrong with Men?

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

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8. The Glamour Trap

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

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9. The Lonely Woman

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

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10. The Indiscriminate Woman

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

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11. The Problem Child

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.

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12. A Child in Danger

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

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13. The Menace of Age

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

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14. Just a Housewife

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.

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