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33 Women’s Auxiliary Corps laboratory technician conducts an experiment, Fort Jackson State Hospital, 1944 Aircraft engine technician and senior supervisor, Naval Air Base, 1942

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

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

36 Year Births

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

38 Levittown track homes of the 1950s G.I. Bill Mass-produced, affordable homes Great Migration and “white flight”

39 A 1950s ad for an electric iron A 1950s ad for a cleaning product

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

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