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The Story of Women of the 1950s – Careers, Class & Beauty Pageants
05 Jan 2016
The Story of Women of 1950s – Careers, Class & Beauty Pageants While women were educated and working in the 1950’s, one was expected – and in some cases, forced – to stop working after marriage to busy oneself with the home and children, a hot meal and slippers for the husband, etc. Meanwhile, much…
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes by Virginia Nicholson, The Coronation & Becoming Housewives Again
03 Jan 2016
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes by Virginia Nicholson, The Coronation & Becoming Housewives Again A SERIES PART 1 Length 11:50 In her latest exposé of women in the 20th Century, author Virginia Nicholson lifts the veneer of respectable perfection of the 1950’s. We start with the queen: pretty wife and mother who ascends to the…