MonaLisa Smile looks at womens roles in the 1950s and shows that women have made some advancements in society over the last fifty years.
The movie is set at a time when a womans sole responsibility was to take care of her husband and children and the thought of having a career was far removed.
The movie addresses the sexual revolution that began to occur at this time and exposes the hypocrisy that it was acceptable for married men to have affairs.