Women are often defined by their ability to successfully juggle a career
             and family life. This fact is evidenced by the film Mildred Pierce.
             Though women's roles have changed significantly over the last several
             decades, certain facts related to women's roles remain the same. This
             includes society's vision of woman as a duplicitous creature; one that
             should be able to manage professional and personal aspirations with equal
             success and finesse. She is measured by society based on her ability to
             manage each of these roles successfully, despite trends in society that do
             not support a woman's role in neither the home nor the workplace to any
             great degree. Women have faced an upward battle defining their roles over
             the last several decades. These ideas and more related to the changing
             roles of women over the last 40 years are analyzed and described in greater
             In the movie Mildred Pierce Joan Crawford plays a woman who is divorced and
             ends up in a twisted tangle when her daughter becomes a miscreant Mildred's
             newfound success in the business world represents the beginning force in a
             long drive for women aspiring to become equal and even surpass the status
             of men in the working world, becoming creatures whose roles are defined by
             their success in business as well as their role as caretaker. Mildred
             fights against the stereotypical role woman has taken on in society, by
             establishing herself as an entrepreneur, taking a new lover, buying a car
             and creating a successful life for herself.
             This trend toward women aspiring to beat down traditional role stereotypes
             to become independent and successful yet still maintain a handle on their
             role as mother has continued for many years. Though women in many
             instances are still not represented entirely as equals in the business
             world, this movie portrayed the existing impetus and a lot of the momentum
             that lie behind much of the women's movements t...