
Special for Women (also known as Purex Specials for Women) is a drama/documentary anthology series broadcast on NBC from 1960 to 1965. It dramatized problems faced by everyday women, including menopause, sexual dysfunction and the feminine beauty ideal, followed by a discussion of that episode's topic with a panel of experts.
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Air Date: 1960-10-14
Leora Davis confronts her sexual frigidity with her husband, Charles.
Air Date: 1960-11-10
Wilhemina Ross realizes she is dissatisfied with her life as a housewife when she leaves a note for the milkman that ...
Air Date: 1960-12-08
Laura Tyler has been accused of child neglect simply because she works a job in addition to raising children. With he...
Air Date: 1961-02-02
A troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man.
Air Date: 1961-02-03
A mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other.
Air Date: 1961-04-13
As Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities.
Air Date: 1961-10-19
Henry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen.
Air Date: 1961-11-16
Five women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal.
Air Date: 1962-01-08
Martha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness.
Air Date: 1962-02-01
A couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light.
Air Date: 1962-04-19
Reports that a nine-year-old has been pushed down a flight of stairs by his father leads to intervention by a social ...
Air Date: 1964-10-28
A female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation.
Air Date: 1964-12-10
After she suffers a stroke, Barbara Lawson is suggested by her doctor that she and her husband Joe live with their da...
Air Date: 1965-02-26
Jacquie Hunter is sick of being thought of as 'just a housewife' and wishes to leave her husband Matt to work for a c...