In the 1960s, deep cultural changes were altering the role of women in American society. More girls went on to higher education and in 1962 there were over 26,000 girls at university. Having lived away from home, and with greater intellectual and financial independence, many women could now have aspirations beyond being a wife or mother. These snapshots below capture portraits of some of cool girls of the ’60s.
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
Cool Girls of the Sixties
