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.
Episodes Season Season 1 · 0/14 0/14 watched · 1960
S01E01 The Cold Woman 1960-10-14 60m
Leora Davis confronts her sexual frigidity with her husband, Charles. more
S01E02 The Trapped Housewife 1960-11-10 60m
Wilhemina Ross realizes she is dissatisfied with her life as a housewife when she leaves a note for the milkman that reads 'Help.' She confronts this with her husband, Mike. more
S01E03 The Working Mother 1960-12-08 60m
Laura Tyler has been accused of child neglect simply because she works a job in addition to raising children. With her husband, Ross, she confronts the existential issues around working women in society. more
S01E04 The Single Woman 1961-02-02 60m
A troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man. more
S01E05 Mother and Daughter 1961-02-03 60m
A mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other. more
S01E06 Change of Life 1961-04-13 60m
As Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities. more
S01E07 What's Wrong with Men? 1961-10-19 60m
Henry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen. more
S01E08 The Glamour Trap 1961-11-16 60m
Five women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal. more
S01E09 The Lonely Woman 1962-01-08 60m
Martha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness. more
S01E10 The Indiscriminate Woman 1962-02-01 60m
A couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light. more
S01E11 The Problem Child 1962-04-19 60m
Reports that a nine-year-old has been pushed down a flight of stairs by his father leads to intervention by a social worker. Conflicting stories are heard in a Rashōmon-esque fashion, including from the mother. Investigations reveal that a wide range of social problems are at play. more
S01E12 A Child in Danger 1964-10-28 60m
A female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation. more
S01E13 The Menace of Age 1964-12-10 60m
After she suffers a stroke, Barbara Lawson is suggested by her doctor that she and her husband Joe live with their daughter's family. more
S01E14 Just a Housewife 1965-02-26 60m
Jacquie Hunter is sick of being thought of as 'just a housewife' and wishes to leave her husband Matt to work for a career-oriented woman. more 
