1950's+Family

=**1950s Family**=

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were the focus of American life. M ost women were married by age 19 and they tended to start families right away. A majority of women were pregnant within seven months of their wedding. Large families became a characteristic of the 1950s family. From 1940 to 1960, the number of families with three children doubled and the number of families having a fourth child quadrupled. Women were encouraged to stay at home if the family could afford it. Women who chose to work when they didn't need the money were often considered selfish. Family was the center of life in the 1950s. 




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