Show m MARITAL PROBLEM: The Wife Who Earns More By SUSAN PRITCHARD tradition the male is Oy the breadwinner in the Amer- creasing number are earning more than their husbands This has created a new problem in marriage and indeed is turning some marriages into emotional nightmares 'It’s wonderful to have extra money for travel clothes and entertainment but I feel a bitter — and no doubt irrational — resentment toward my wife confesses a novelist whose wife was g porecently promoted to a sition in public relations "It goes against my grain to have her make more money than I dd I feel I’ve got to keep driving myself so I can get back ahead of her A California printing salesman whose wife is an art director says "I always wanted my wifr to work because frankly it put less pressure on me to earn enough to pay for our children college ican family For a long time men wouldn’t even consider -- proposing marriage unless they were sure they could support a wife “in die style she was accustomed to” Recent and dramatic changes in our have aleconomic and social tered this pictured There are now 18 million women in America who are both married and working Some young wives work only to help their husbands acquire college degrees or graduate from law and medical schools But a great many wives have careers of their own and an in high-payin- life-styl-es if tuition and to meet the high taxes on our home But last year my commissions dropped and she got a raise which put her ahead of me It made me feel depressed— and I still feel that way" Though men still hold most of the positions in American industry the drive to give more emphasis to female skills and talents will accen high-payi- ng tuate the problem of the wife "earning more" in the future Already there are 48000 women who make over $25000 a year Even on Wall Street the supposed bastion of male conservatism a number of female traders now earn $30000 a year or more Their husbands may react the way the novelist and the printing salesman (Continued on page 19) £ - i lU'iLJ : c V ?'! 1 : Good meet protein end lets cf ft See Walt Disney Studios’ new animated feature movie IK3 UJ Mail to: KAL KAN ARISTOCAT OFFER PO BOX 70 Los Angeles Calif 90053 CT I i ? ' j y s Please send me Aristocats Enclosed Is ($499 for and each Aristocat postage handling charges Included) and the code numbers from the bottom of two cans of Kal Kan foi Cats the cat food with good meat protein and lots of IL NAME CODE NO ADDRESS CODE NO r CITY— ‘t-- - iawiwrLitVTf‘ii-Vi“i- STATE ! Note: Make check or money order payable to: Aristocat Offer ZIP Please allow three weeks for delivery California residents please add 5tt sales tax Void If restricted or forbidden by law r itT ArMMiijWfWAN |