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Special for Women (1960)

October. 14,1960

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Special for Women

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.

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Special for Women

1960

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1960

14 Episode

Episode 1 - The Cold Woman

October. 14,1960

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

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Outcome

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

For All Mankind

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Your Friends & Neighbors

CODA

The Gorge

Eternity

Episode 2 - The Trapped Housewife

November. 10,1960

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.

Episode 3 - The Working Mother

December. 08,1960

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.

Episode 4 - The Single Woman

February. 02,1961

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

Episode 5 - Mother and Daughter

February. 03,1961

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

Episode 6 - Change of Life

April. 13,1961

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

Episode 7 - What's Wrong with Men?

October. 19,1961

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

Episode 8 - The Glamour Trap

November. 16,1961

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

Episode 9 - The Lonely Woman

January. 08,1962

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

Episode 10 - The Indiscriminate Woman

February. 01,1962

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

Episode 11 - The Problem Child

April. 19,1962

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.

Episode 12 - A Child in Danger

October. 28,1964

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

Episode 13 - The Menace of Age

December. 10,1964

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

Episode 14 - Just a Housewife

February. 26,1965

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.