A very serious question for the men here at DU:

[mojowork_n]

45. The US was even more of a Patriarchy then, than it is now.

All I can think of are fictional characters, in movies and books.....

When Father was always spelled with a capital "F."

Like the guy in "Cheaper by the Dozen." Or even in serious
theater, like "Our Town," or "The Skin of Our Teeth."

The women had rights, but the Y chromosomes were more equal.
They were the bread winners, heads of the household, those who
supported the whole family. (On one pay check!)

Go back and take a look at George Bernard Shaw's,
"Mrs. Warren's Profession."

Or better yet, go online and find some of the writings of
turn-of-the-century "suffragettes" to see what it was they
were up against, in their own words.

(It's hard to say because I wasn't around back then, but
I vaguely remember some of the follow-up public discourse,
from when I was a kid.)