A study co-authored by a CU Boulder economist reveals how young wives played a significant role in financially kick-starting their families during the economic prosperity of the 1950s, also opening ...

The 1950s are often idealized as a golden age for women, with images of perfectly groomed housewives tending to their families in spotless homes. This era is frequently romanticized as a time when ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center ...

The glamour of the 1950s was unparalleled, with women who captivated hearts and defined the era’s beauty standards. While each decade has its icons, the 1950s stands out for its distinctive allure and ...

Elizabeth arrives in Jamestown, Virginia, at the start of a visit to the United States in October 1957. Photo by Keystone / Hulton Archive / Getty Images In the spring of 1953, women from across the ...

Clio. Women, Gender, History, No. 48, Gendering the (post-)Ottoman world (2018), pp. 251-270 (20 pages) L’image des femmes dans les séries télévisées aux États-Unis a tellement été marquée par la ...

From Open Culture: “For sixty years, conventional wisdom has told us that women generally did not perform rock and roll during the 1950s,” writes Leah Branstetter, Ph.D. candidate in musicology at ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center ...