Family structure in the 1950s
Source 1- Washington post thing
- Traditional Male-breadwinner-female-homemaker structure
- 1950s 65% of all children 15 and under were being raised in this ‘traditional’ homes
- today, only 22% are
- Betty Friedan in the 1950s
Source 2- family in america website
- all about “marriage and children”
- CONFORMITY
- Jacques Barzun’s comment of “An age of Troubles” is one that “fits every age in varying degrees”
- Suburbs
- Men working separated them from really ever being with their families
- Those who got married and remained married are significantly more wealthy than those who never did or got divorced
- “Marriage per se makes men more productive”
Source 3- global post source
- “nuclear family”
- 5.5% medical students were women, today its roughly half
- women usually gave up their jobs when they got married
- married at 22 and 20, now 26 and 25
- 16% of families didn’t have indoor plumbing
