One of the main reason why more people didn't foresee the economic collapse of the 1930s is because it happened so quickly with no warning, since the US economy during the 1920s was incredibly strong and showed no signs of slowing.
The Feminine Mystique was a book written during the women's liberation movement by Betty Friedan. In this book, Friedan discusses the dissatisfaction and frustration of American women around the country who were college educated but were still only seen as a housewife. Friedan felt that the pressure to conform to societal norms was crushing the will/spirit of women in the US. In this book, she encourages women to seek out fulfillment and worry about their own happiness instead of trying to fit into societal norms as to how a woman should behave.
<span>In Act I of this play, Mrs. Putman and her husband are talking about witchcraft because their daughter, Ruth, is ill and they believe witchcraft to be the cause. Mrs. Putman had previously sent Ruth to see Tituba, who they believe has the ability to speak to the dead and is involved in witchcraft. They also mention that Betty's illness is a "stroke of hell."</span>