Martin Roberts's Public Library

[Box 1] DEFINITION OF GENDER ROLES AND GENDER
RELATIONS

Gender roles are the ‘social definition’ of
women and men. They vary among different societies and cultures, classes, ages
and during different periods in history. Gender-specific roles and
responsibilities are often conditioned by household structure, access to
resources, specific impacts of the global economy, and other locally relevant
factors such as ecological conditions (

Alice Nelson-Franklin

Alice Nelson-Franklin best known to television viewers as simply Alice, was the housekeeper to the Brady family. She was portrayed by Ann B. Davis.

Alice grew up in the same neighborhood as the Bradys, graduating from Westdale High School, the school Greg and Marcia attended in the series. (She kept a trophy she won in school, but notably rubbed the year off so it was unreadable.) Alice was the housekeeper to Mike Brady, his previous wife