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Women in the 1950s. 2 WWII employment for women Women’s Auxiliary Corps laboratory technician conducts an experiment, Fort Jackson State Hospital, 1944.

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1 Women in the 1950s

2 2 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

3 3 Post-WWII employment A secretary and her boss, an industrial designer, New York City, 1950

4 4 Social pressures Kennedy wedding, Jacqueline throwing the bouquet, 1953 Early marriage Childbearing Stay-at-home motherhood Nuclear family

5 5 The Baby Boom Year Births

6 6 Media portrayals of gender A photo of the Cleaver family from Leave it to Beaver, a popular TV show in the 1950s-60s

7 7 Suburbia, home of the “happy housewife” Levittown track homes of the 1950s G.I. Bill Mass-produced, affordable homes Great Migration and “white flight”

8 8 Household products marketed to women A 1950s ad for an electric iron A 1950s ad for a cleaning product

9 Central Historical Question Is the image of the happy 1950s housewife accurate?

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