Supermom at work in 1970s changes in women roles
The 1970s reshaped daily life as women left home to work and sought identity beyond motherhood. Quotes from Joan Lipsky reflect the era as ERA debates flared and women pursued new roles in business and public life while labor data showed many mothers entering the workforce.
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West Point
Annapolis
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Department of Labor
Charlotte Young
Iowa
Women enter workforce at higher rate, reshaping roles nationwide
In a Cedar Rapids Gazette town meeting, Marian Hackett and Vi Murphy note doubled female job applicants over 20 years, shifting from homemaker focus to careers. Experts cite more women in factory and professional work, earnings gaps shrinking but lingering, and pressures on mothers balancing taxes and childcare.
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Marian Hackett
Iowa City
Hackett
the Gazette
Vi Murphy
Murphy’s Employment Service
Hacketts
Cedar Rapids
Mike Millard
Job Services of
Iowa
Changes in American families challenge traditional roles
The piece reports on shifting family forms in the 1970s, noting rises in childless marriages and single-parent households, plus more couples living together. Experts cite no fault divorce, female liberation, and time pressures as drivers, while stressing relationship quality over a single family model.
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Wilma Hazen
White House
Jim Faris
Hillcrest Family Services
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Faris
Ken Torne
Lutheran Family Services
Torno
Perspectives on the Seventies by Kenneth Owen
Kenneth Owen a Cedar Rapids marriage and family counselor lists ten key seventies developments. Topics include the women movement inflation no fault divorce custody changes increased focus on personal identity and marriage enrichment. He notes rising labor force participation by mothers and evolving marital roles alongside greater openness about death.
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the Gazette
Kenneth Owen
Cedar Rapids
Barbara
Kathleen
Debra
Michael
John Paul II
State of
Iowa
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Gazette Lifestyle Department
National
Rally For Equal Rights
David L. Brockway
A.C
Owen
Regal Ware
Revere Textile
Taylor
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Marion
East First Street
Monticello
First Avenue S.E
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