Gender Roles of the 1950s

Happy Family

Stereotypical Housewife

Typical living room

Feminine Role: Cooking

Mother at home with children

Feminine Role: Baking

Women doing the grocery shopping

1950s Electric Kitchen

Typical Family Evening

Feminine Role: Washing

Father with children

Betty Freidan: Feminist who fought against accepted gender roles

The Feminine Mystiqueby: Betty Friedan

I Love Lucy

The Cleaver Family

June Cleaver: epitome of a 1950s housewife