Special for Women
TV ShowEnded

Special for Women

6.3 / 10
1960
1 season
14 episodes
DocumentarySoapDrama

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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  • Ep 1

    1.The Cold Woman

    14-10-196060m

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

  • Ep 2

    2.The Trapped Housewife

    10-11-196060m

    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.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Working Mother

    08-12-196060m

    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 wo...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Single Woman

    02-02-196160m

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

  • Ep 5

    5.Mother and Daughter

    03-02-196160m

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

  • Ep 6

    6.Change of Life

    13-04-196160m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.What's Wrong with Men?

    19-10-196160m

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

  • Ep 8

    8.The Glamour Trap

    16-11-196160m

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

  • Ep 9

    9.The Lonely Woman

    08-01-196260m

    Martha 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

    01-02-196260m

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

  • Ep 11

    11.The Problem Child

    19-04-196260m

    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 fashi...

  • Ep 12

    12.A Child in Danger

    28-10-196460m

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

  • Ep 13

    13.The Menace of Age

    10-12-196460m

    After 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

    26-02-196560m

    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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