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document c: historian joanne meyerowitz (modified)
the womans home companion (a popular womens magazine) conducted opinion polls in 1947 and 1949 in which readers named the women they most admired. in both years the top four women were women involved in politics.
the postwar popular magazines were also positive about womens participation in politics. the ladies home journal had numerous articles that supported women as political and community leaders. one article in the ladies home journal from 1947 encouraged women to \make politics your business. voting, office holding, raising your voice for new and better laws are just as important to your home and your family as the evening meal or spring house cleaning.\
this shows that women at the time believed that individual achievement and public service were at least as important as devotion to home and family.
source: joanne meyerowitz, \beyond the feminine mystique: a reassessment of postwar mass culture, 1946 - 1958.\ the journal of american history, vol. 79, no. 4 (mar., 1993), pp. 1455 - 1482. meyerowitz examined 489 articles in eight monthly magazines from the 1950s.

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The text discusses women's admiration for political - involved women (from opinion polls in women's magazines) and positive views on women's political participation (from magazine articles). It concludes that women at the time saw individual achievement and public service as at least as important as home - family devotion.

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The text presents evidence from women's magazines (opinion polls and articles) to show that in the post - war period (1940s - 1950s), women had a view that individual achievement (in politics and public service) was on par with home and family devotion.