90026_4171_1960s_Women_and_Work
Here's a 1960s montage of women doing what some might call stereotypically female work, or work befitting a woman. This work includes listening, taking notes, typing, beautifying female faces, and modeling.
Clip begins with young women exiting the front gate of an Ivy-league-like university. Women hold notebooks close to their bosom. We see a close-up of their shoes and legs, walking.
A teacher is lecturing at a podium; the blackboard is behind him. We see the students from the back of the classroom. Many of the students appear to be women.
There's an overhead shot of a woman writing in her notebook. We also see other women writing in their notebooks, likely taking notes or taking a test.
Hands type quickly on a Consul typewriter. A woman is seen typing, looking at a manuscript or notes that are on the desk – as if copying from them.
Other shots include: hands typing quickly, a woman looking down at her typewriter, and a typewriter’s carriage moving steadily left. All of these typists appear to be in a typing competition.
A young woman in a smock massages a woman's jaw and neckline. Other young women observe. They all appear to be students in a beauty school.
A pencil darkens a woman’s eyebrow.
Lipgloss or lipstick is applied to a woman’s lower lip.
The final scene is of a professional photoshoot. A cameraman sets up his camera while a female model poses in a matching coat and skirt. The cameraman is seen from behind; in the background, facing us, the woman is posing. The final shot is an image of the model, seen upside down on the camera’s viewfinder.