In the 1950s and 1960s, though, the push for women's rights began a comeback. Women's rights activist and writer Betty Friedan pointed to the problem that has no name." The problem was the middle-class housewife's frustration. Many women
felt stuck at home alone all day. Most didn't have a job outside the house. They felt frustrated after giving up dreams of an
education and career to only focus on raising children. With "women's liberation" in the 1960s, interest in women's issues and
women's history blossomed.
By the 1970s, there was a growing sense by many women that history as taught in school was missing something. The
school lessons mostly taught about what men had done. In addition to telling "his story," women said schools should tell her
story as well. In the United States, there were also calls for inclusion of black Americans and Native Americans. This helped
more women realize they were also invisible in most history courses.