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Special for Women

Special for Women

1960 6.3 Documentary, Soap, Drama 60m
US • English

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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The Cold Woman

E1 60m

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

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The Trapped Housewife

E2 60m

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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The Working Mother

E3 60m

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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The Single Woman

E4 60m

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

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Mother and Daughter

E5 60m

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

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Change of Life

E6 60m

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

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What's Wrong with Men?

E7 60m

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

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The Glamour Trap

E8 60m

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

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The Lonely Woman

E9 60m

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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The Indiscriminate Woman

E10 60m

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

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The Problem Child

E11 60m

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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A Child in Danger

E12 60m

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

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The Menace of Age

E13 60m

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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Just a Housewife

E14 60m

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.