Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Bachelor of Arts in English

Advisor

James Tackach, Ph.D.

Abstract

Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity in the United States that began in the early 1960s. Despite the stereotypical stylish, happy, pearl-wearing Mom who offers advice from the kitchen, many women during this time period were discontent with their lives. Both Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Adrienne Rich’s poetry confront the 1950s “happy woman” as a myth.

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