Rating: 3.5. I found the book provides a good insight into the thinking of the era and the driving gender norms in the 1950s and 1960s, including some laughable psychological theories considered scientific at the time. It helps understand where some of the still prevalent (fraught) gender norms came from. The book has some limitations as it only looks at white middle class women without acknowledging that the reality of that group is not universal. In addition, a lot of the arguments and statements are often made based on anecdotal evidence and observations rather than data. The author has conducted interviews and surveys, yet she has not made much effort to make any quantitative or qualitative analysis of those, which was a missed opportunity. Lastly, while the author points out to biases from the then scientific committee, media and scholars, she does not question her own biases which come to light in the book. Overall, worth the read.