It is, but I doubt that many who lived through this era would say that "any hint of sex parity was absent". A friend related a story from about this time. The

It is, but I doubt that many who lived through this era would say that "any hint of sex parity was absent". A friend related a story from about this time. Their parents were traditional--he worked and she ran the household. One day at dinner he dared opine that the sauce could use more salt. She picked up her ladle and gave him a sharp whack to the side of the head. And never again did that happen. Not parity exactly, but she got to do what she wanted to do in life, and she ruled her domain to a degree that most of us can only dream of (including today's women).