Women dropping out of college compared to men dropped from 47% in the 1920s to 35% in the 1950s. In the late 1950s, the average age of women marrying in America was twenty. Friedan discussed how the age continued to drop and 14 million teenage girls were already engaged by age 17. Women's freedoms included choice of home furnishings, household appliances, and the family car. Taking care of oneself and the home was supposed to provide the right amount of happiness to a woman. Friedan discusses the 15 years since the end of World War II and shaped the feminine mystique as the core of contemporary American culture. Women's dream was to be perfect wives and mothers, and their main efforts were directed at acquiring material goals and maintaining them. According to Friedan, women in the 1960s paid little attention to what was happening outside the home and in the neighborhood, and proudly accepted the profession of “housewife.” Daughters married younger and younger and were educated only until marriage. They dropped out of high school and college after finding a