
Special for Women
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.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Cold Woman
14-10-196060mLeora Davis confronts her sexual frigidity with her husband, Charles.
- Ep 2
2.The Trapped Housewife
10-11-196060mWilhemina 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.
- Ep 3
3.The Working Mother
08-12-196060mLaura 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 wo...
- Ep 4
4.The Single Woman
02-02-196160mA troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man.
- Ep 5
5.Mother and Daughter
03-02-196160mA mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other.
- Ep 6
6.Change of Life
13-04-196160mAs Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities.
- Ep 7
7.What's Wrong with Men?
19-10-196160mHenry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen.
- Ep 8
8.The Glamour Trap
16-11-196160mFive women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal.
- Ep 9
9.The Lonely Woman
08-01-196260mMartha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness.
- Ep 10
10.The Indiscriminate Woman
01-02-196260mA couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light.
- Ep 11
11.The Problem Child
19-04-196260mReports 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 fashi...
- Ep 12
12.A Child in Danger
28-10-196460mA female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation.
- Ep 13
13.The Menace of Age
10-12-196460mAfter she suffers a stroke, Barbara Lawson is suggested by her doctor that she and her husband Joe live with their daughter's family.
- Ep 14
14.Just a Housewife
26-02-196560mJacquie 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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