American History 1960 Management

Questions: 1. Discussion topic : Imagine youre a housewife or a businessman in the early 1960s. What would a typical day be like for you? Describe your function in society. Are you happy or not in this role? Why? What are your options to change this, if any? Support your ideas from the readings. 2. Discussion topic : Choose any event from the 1960 Timeline in the Resources link under Reading tab. Explain how you think that event influenced life today. Answers: 1. Imagine youre a housewife or a businessman in the early 1960s. What would a typical day be like for you? Describe your function in society. Are you happy or not in this role? Why? What are your options to change this, if any? The period of the 1960s was marked immense social changes in America. The black civil rights movement was going on for almost a century in America, but the problem picked its pace during the 60s. During that time the cultural changes in the society were changing the role of the women in the society. More women were entering the salaried workforce, which lead to the dissatisfaction of the women. There were gender disparities in the in the work regarding the pay. Sexual harassment also rose in the workplace. The issues like the womens right and the reproductive freedom were only beginning to be discussed openly in the 1960s (Walsh). The women in the 60s of America were not allowed to attend the schools until 1969. The young women of the middle class had access to the same job and compensation as that of the men of that time Being a housewife in that period of the 1960s was a challenging a challenging role. The women have to live their life through someone else ('The Role Of Women In The Household'). They had no time to look at who they were actually and their needs and wants. The housewives forgot to realize the answer to who am I? Either they were mothers of children or wives of men. The women had to find their inner voice and needs to listen to what they actually want in their life. I dont like my role of a housewife as I am trapped in this social jail. All I have to do is attend to the needs of my family and not have any time to think about my life about what I want (Farber and Foner). Life has become like an animal whose main task is to reproduce. I do not have that much of respect which I desire for from my family and husband. I suffer from identity crisis in this society. I want this society to recognize the women in every aspect; be it the work place or the family. The feminist movement has started and I hope that the life of the women will improve in the society and they will be given more respect in their family and they will have their opinion in every decision of the family. 2. TIROS-1, the first weather satellite was launched by the United States and twelve days later the American navigation satellite was launched called the TRANSIT 1B The launch of the two weather satellites by the United States was a major development in the field of scientific research of the weather and navigation. The world has improved a lot from the time the first weather satellite TIROS-1 was launched (Space.com). It would not have been possible to check the weather on the phone or the computer without the first weather satellite. It was launched 50 years ago. By being able to successfully launch the satellite in the space, it changed the way the humans view their future. It made them see the probable disasters before their arrival and they were able to prepare themselves for that. The first picture sent by the satellite was an image of thick cloud bands over the United States (Space.skyrocket.de). A few days later a typhoon 1000 miles approximately east of Australia was sent by the satellite. People could not change the weather but the advancement in the weather satellite was a big step for the scientists and the people as they can get an insight into the future climatic changes. The launch of the TRANSIT 1B was another big step in the field of scientific advancement. The navigation satellite was the launched after the TRANSIT 1A failed to reach the orbit. The satellite was developed to update the inertial navigation systems. This would help the on board US Navy Polaris submarines (Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov). This satellite was later used for the civilians. The position of the receivers on the earth could be calculated by measuring the Doppler shift of the radio signals of the satellite. Based on this system the GPS tracking device was built to help the navy which was a major development in the history of America. References Farber, David R, and Eric Foner.The Age Of Great Dreams. New York: Hill and Wang, 1994. Print. Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov,. 'NASA - NSSDC - Spacecraft - Details'. N.p., 2015. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. Space.com,. 'How Weather Satellites Changed The World'. N.p., 2015. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. Space.skyrocket.de,. 'Transit 1A, 1B'. N.p., 2015. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. 'The Role Of Women In The Household'.Boundless(2014): n. pag. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. Walsh, Kenneth. 'The 1960S: A Decade Of Change For Women - US News'.US News World Report. N.p., 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2015.