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