Mona Lisa Smile and the 50sIntroduction; This film is set in the 1950s and revolves around a woman known as Katherine. This is a woman who held a teaching position in “Art History” at Wellesley College. It is a conservative women's college that focuses on the liberal arts. Girls are sent to this college so that they can learn traditional values, good appearance and respectable behaviors deemed appropriate in society. Despite this, Katherine wants to make a difference by influencing the next generation of girls and women. As a result, Katherine introduces modern art and encourages women through lively discussions, and challenges them to seek more than just marriage to eligible men. Various social norms are illustrated in this film. It is worth noting that the film depicts the environment of the education system for women in the 1950s. During this period, it was believed that the ideal path for respected women in society was to go through the education system. The education system prepared them to take care of a home, get married, and raise a family. This was particularly the aspiration of the young girls who joined Wellesley College. This is what college prepared them for and this is what their families expected of them. Katherine manages to inspire and challenge young girls to think beyond these social norms and conventions. Katherine argues that the general perspective of women in the community needs to be changed if women are to have a better future. Wellesley College girls who have been married tend to adjust to balance their obligations. In this case, these girls might claim that they are able to trace a paper with one hand and smear the middle of the paper......In a family setting, they were seen as simply providing certain defined aspects. by women. As a result, some women have transformed into single-parent families, which “normalizes what is abnormal and redefines the family as a unit without a man” (Jorgen, 29). In conclusion, the idea that women were repressed in the 1950s until the sexual revolution of the 1950s is very absurd. There is arguably no evidence to suggest that women were ever anything other than passionate and sensual. Although women may not have been suppressed, they were obviously contained. Religious and social norms and convections as well as the fear of getting pregnant as well as the tactical games of hooking a husband make things difficult for women during this period. Notably, when women strayed, society knew that they were transgressing very strict social norms..