Life In The 1950's

Life in the 1950's was different compared to the lifestyle of modern day America. people dressed, acted, and participated in activities differently and did different things in their free time. They also had different roles depending on their age and gender

Women in the 1950's were not expected to have jobs, on the other hand they were expected to be housewife's and stay at home. More Information from: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-8/apush-1950s-america/a/women-in-the-1950s

Some women did however get jobs. The majority of women who got jobs were hired secretaries. Evidence and more information from: http://theweek.com/articles/467944/most-common-job-women-same-1950

women were expected to get married and have kids and to talk with other women, read books, paint, sew and knit clothes, and do gardening. they would listen to the same type of music as their husbands. More Evidence from: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-8/apush-1950s-america/a/women-in-the-1950s

Their main role in the home and neighborhood was to provide the family with good meals, clean the house, take care of the children and house. They would eat the same things such as meats, soups, salads, and pancakes and everything that they served for their families.

Educational opportunities were limited. Many teachers and parents had narrow expectations for girls whose destiny was to be married, have a home and a family, with work just an interim measure between leaving school and walking down the aisle, rather than a career. Just 1.2 per cent of women went to university in the 1950s. this shows how the society though of women as inferior beings and most women just went with that.

In the 1950's the average age for men and women to be getting married is around their late teens and early adulthood. Experts also believed that wives were responsible for their husbands’ professional success. Even when alcohol, affairs or abuse was the issue in a failing marriage, wives were still responsible for making the marriage work — and for likely causing their husbands to stray, drink or be violent in the first place. More Info About marriage in the 1950's from: https://psychcentral.com/blog/a-glimpse-into-marriage-advice-from-the-1950s/