Working women Problematizing stress

Introduction
It is not to be supposed, however, that the mere combination of the right to
vote and a job constitutes complete emancipation: working, today is not
liberty.
Simone de Beauvoir1
During the past century a 'sea change' occurred in gender roles and this change made a huge
impact on family, work, and culture. The role of women transformed with this change
producing a new kind of woman who had a lot of balancing to do between home and
workplace, along with balancing between social and personal requirements.