Special for Women
Season 1
1960 · 14 episodes
1. The Cold Woman
1960-10-14 · 60m
Leora Davis confronts her sexual frigidity with her husband, Charles.
2. The Trapped Housewife
1960-11-10 · 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.
3. The Working Mother
1960-12-08 · 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.
4. The Single Woman
1961-02-02 · 60m
A troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man.
5. Mother and Daughter
1961-02-03 · 60m
A mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other.
6. Change of Life
1961-04-13 · 60m
As Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities.
7. What's Wrong with Men?
1961-10-19 · 60m
Henry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen.
8. The Glamour Trap
1961-11-16 · 60m
Five women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal.
9. The Lonely Woman
1962-01-08 · 60m
Martha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness.
10. The Indiscriminate Woman
1962-02-01 · 60m
A couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light.
11. The Problem Child
1962-04-19 · 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.
12. A Child in Danger
1964-10-28 · 60m
A female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation.
13. The Menace of Age
1964-12-10 · 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.
14. Just a Housewife
1965-02-26 · 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.
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