In this era, people were just beginning to regain their financial stability after having lived through The Depression. Women, who at one time had no thought of working in the outside world were forced to seek employment due to the dire straits caused by The Depression. These women once believed themselves incapable of being anything more than a wife and a mother. Once they entered the workforce, they realized that they had much more to offer than parental guidance and bread recipes.

In her books, “The Velvet Hammer”, “Men are Such Fools”, and “Woman On Her Way”, Faith Baldwin tells the story of three such women. Meg Brand, Lena Lawrence, and Meg Lewis were women of the modern world. They believed that women took a share in the responsibilities of maintaining their homes and their lifestyles. These three women no longer allowed themselves to be dominated by the men in their lives. They were free thinkers. They were independent women who refused to allow

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