Their daughters experienced life in the traditional family and the effects it had on their mothers in a way that led them to not become like their mothers. As these girls grew into women, they wanted to pursue higher education and seek work outside the home, but society often ostracized them if they did not marry and have children. Ferdinand Lundberg and Marya Farnham, in their best-selling book, The Modern Woman: The Lost Sex, described women who strayed from traditional life as emotionally disturbed. This led to most women staying at home despite the dreams they had. To maintain a reputation as a “good wife and mother,” independent or career women were forced to keep their lives outside the home a secret. Women behaved this way because they believed they did not have the same right to work as men