By the 1960s in western countries , it was becoming more accepted for a woman to work and be a `` career girl '' until the woman got married , when she should stop work and be a `` housewife '' .
By the 1960s in western countries there was still an idea that it was all right for a woman to work and be a `` career girl '' ( which was what they called a young woman with a well-paying job ) until the woman got married , when she should stop work and be a `` housewife '' ( homemaker ) .