"As advertisements from the later period suggest, the role of the space-age woman was as the helpful wife — not the person doing the calculations." What the ad

"As advertisements from the later period suggest, the role of the space-age woman was as the helpful wife — not the person doing the calculations." What the advertisement really suggests is that someone felt the need to promote women's role as housekeepers. You can also find adds with women smoking, which shows cigarette companies tried to get the non-smoking part of population as customers.