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Women in the 1950s

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WWII Employment for Women

Women’s Auxiliary Corps laboratory technician conducts an experiment, Fort

Jackson State Hospital, 1944

Aircraft engine technician and senior supervisor, Naval Air Base, 1942

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Post-WWII Employment

A secretary and her boss, an industrial designer, New York City, 1950

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Social Pressures

Kennedy wedding, Jacqueline throwing the bouquet, 1953

• Early marriage• Childbearing• Stay-at-home

motherhood• Nuclear family

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The Baby Boom

Year

Birt

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Media Portrayals of Gender

A photo of the Cleaver family from Leave it to Beaver, a popular TV show in the 1950s-60s

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Suburbia, Home of the “Happy Housewife”

Levittown track homes of the 1950s

• G.I. Bill• Mass-produced,

affordable homes

• Great Migration and “white flight”

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Household Products Marketed to Women

A 1950s ad for an electric iron

A 1950s ad for a cleaning product

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Central Historical Question

Is the image of the happy 1950s housewife accurate?


CH_24_The 1950s

CH_24_The 1950s

CH. 6 POST WAR CANADA 1950s. THE CHANGING FACE OF CANADA SUBURBS/ AUTOMOBILE 1950s WOMEN (Stay-at-home, femininity, resentment) Read “When He Comes Home.

CH. 6 POST WAR CANADA 1950s. THE CHANGING FACE OF CANADA SUBURBS/ AUTOMOBILE 1950s WOMEN (Stay-at-home, femininity, resentment) Read “When He Comes Home.

1950s Male

1950s Male

1950s americanculture.ppt

1950s americanculture.ppt

1950s horror

1950s horror

1950s Ads Depicting Women

1950s Ads Depicting Women

1950s shortened

1950s shortened

1950s Ch. 26. Fifties Facts Population: 151,684,000 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census)* Unemployed: 3,288,000 Life expectancy: Women 71.1,

1950s Ch. 26. Fifties Facts Population: 151,684,000 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census)* Unemployed: 3,288,000 Life expectancy: Women 71.1,

THE 1950s Culture in America THE 1950s Culture in America.

THE 1950s Culture in America THE 1950s Culture in America.

Testing the H-O-S Model Leontief’s Test 1950s: Leontief conducts the first important test of H-O-S Using U.S. data Leontief calculated –average amount.

Testing the H-O-S Model Leontief’s Test 1950s: Leontief conducts the first important test of H-O-S Using U.S. data Leontief calculated –average amount.

Transitional Arrangements for 1950s-Born Women Affected by ...€¦ · Consultat ransit 1950 5 Introduction The APPG are advocates for women born in the 1950’s who have suffered

Transitional Arrangements for 1950s-Born Women Affected by ...€¦ · Consultat ransit 1950 5 Introduction The APPG are advocates for women born in the 1950’s who have suffered

Libraries · Society Women for Pond’s, 1920s–1950s For over thirty years, fashionable British and American society women, including Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, Lady Milford-Haven,

Libraries · Society Women for Pond’s, 1920s–1950s For over thirty years, fashionable British and American society women, including Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, Lady Milford-Haven,

1950s Jazz

1950s Jazz

Women in the 1950s Essential Question: What was life like for suburban women in the 1950s?

Women in the 1950s Essential Question: What was life like for suburban women in the 1950s?

What Conducts

What Conducts

1950s americanculture

1950s americanculture

1950s Fashion

1950s Fashion

Lauren Gancarz. 1950s Familial Structure: breadwinners and housewives – the “traditional” family Images of women: feminine dresses and hairdos 1970s Civil.

Lauren Gancarz. 1950s Familial Structure: breadwinners and housewives – the “traditional” family Images of women: feminine dresses and hairdos 1970s Civil.

1950s Drama

1950s Drama

1950s Germany

1950s Germany