"I Want to Be Miss América"

Question

be dutiful daughters and wives.

enter beauty contests.

go to college.

start jobs right after high school.

The sisters were being groomed to

Answer 1

follow a traditional path of being wives and mothers, focusing on their appearance and societal expectations of beauty. While attending college and starting careers after high school were also encouraged, it seemed that the ultimate goal was for them to conform to traditional gender roles.