At this point, you've probably seen a commercial or other advertisements for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel streamed on Amazon for free with Amazon Prime. From the creator of Gilmore Girls, Amy Sherman-Palladino tells the story of a 1950s Jewish housewife who discovers her love of comedy when her comedy-aspiring husband unexpectedly leaves her for his secretary.

The night her husband leaves her, Miriam "Midge" Maisel tells her very strict Jewish parents that he left and she is immediately blamed. Because she realizes she left her Pyrex bowl at a comedy club that her husband frequently attempts to perform his comedy, she takes the subway to the Gaslight Cafe.

It is that night that she gets very intoxicated and unintentionally performs a successful comedy show that gets her thrown in jail because of "indecent exposure" and "performing without a cabaret license." If that doesn't tell you how different the times in the 50s was, I don't know what does.

Throughout the entire series, Miriam Maisel proves to her family and friends that even though her husband left her and she is a divorcee (which is considered a disgrace by women of society at that time). She continues her comedic career without any of her friends and family knowing and she gets department store job at the beauty counter, proving to her disapproving mother that a woman in the 50s can survive without a man.

Classical feminism (as opposed to modern feminism which is completely toxic and a man-hating concept) is simply the equality of the sexes, meaning a woman can do anything a man can do and vice versa. Miriam Maisel proves that she is a feminist without even considering herself a feminist.

When I was watching this show on Amazon Prime, I found myself cheering Mrs. Maisel on. This world needs more feminist characters for young girls to look up to for the purpose of teaching young girls that they can do anything.

Miriam Maisel is the feminist character we all need when young people need a role model to create change in our world and nation. Despite being a new-found single mother, she doesn't let it bring her down. She was 100% faithful and supportive of her husband and he left her anyway, but that's not the point.

The point is that even if you are extremely supportive of your significant other, focusing on yourself every once in a while is a good thing. Miriam hardly ever focused on herself so that when her husband left, she didn't know what to do or where to go. She uses that knowledge to advance herself in the world of comedy and in her personal life.

Advancing in her career as a comedian, Miriam explores having someone else write her jokes, which turns out to be a flop because they weren't her jokes. Instead, she uses her life and experiences in her sets and finds it is the way she will be successful in the world of comedy.

Miriam Maisel proves to everyone that a strong and independent woman can make something of herself, even with the help of others. Movies and TV shows need more characters like Miriam Maisel.