WOMEN IN THE 1950's

WWII

• During WWII, more women than ever entered the paid workforce.
• With men in the military, it left managerial jobs to women, and other jobs in the industry.
• Propaganda was a major attribute to women joining the workforce.

End of WWII

• At the end of WWII, men returned to the civilian workforce.
• Employers then encouraged women to leave their jobs.
• Major media began to convince women to return to their stereotypical role

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• Message media was sending-get married and raise a family.
• Couples then began to get married a in their late teens, early twenties.
• By the late 1950's almost 2/3's of women dropped out before graduation

THE STEREOTYPE

• Women began to see themselves as servants and bedmakers.
• Many who also saw this image sought professional help.
• Women believed they were doing all there was and were afraid
• Women often found themselves asking the question "Is this all there is?"

Numbers OF THE DECADE

• Women who were in college or had previous jobs rejoined the force.
• When the women joined the force again they were often in lower-paying jobs
• Numbers of single working women declined, while wives and mothers increase

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• Many suburban mothers began working in schools, small offices while close to home
• This allowed the mothers to work but still be able to take care of their kids needs.
• Over the next decades, a trend of houses that hold both mothers and fathers
• with jobs grow over 10 million