The Women of the Nineties In the 1950’s the woman stayed home took care of the children, cleaned the house and had dinner on the table when her husband came home from work. In the 1990’s the woman juggles all the jobs of the woman of the fifties and she goes off to work. Lynn Koch asks in her essay in the Reading Matters book, “How could anyone suggest we go back to the days of Ozzie and Harriet?” Easy. Life would be easier if we could go back in time to more traditional roles for men and women. There are many advantages to a 1950’s lifestyle. Some women would argue against this. Lynn Koch states t