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 //**Baby Boom in the 1950's **// //1930-1940__________________________ 2.3 Million-2.8 Million // //1945______________________________ 2.8 Million // //1946______________________________ 3.47 Million // //1950______________________________ 4.3 Million //

//1958______________________________ (dropped to 4.2 Million) //  (Courtright)  media type="custom" key="7493349"

// (movie added by Courtright) //



In the 1950s women wouldn't be required to hold a job outside the home. Women were to continue their household jobs as the mother maid inside because it was an insult to the male of the family for not being able to provide for his wife and family. They must always look their best when seeing their husbands. Also, women of the 1950's expected decency from their children. Because television and rock music were booming in popularity, many teens were tempted to dress as the actors/actresses and singers did. The mothers of those teens opposed that kind of behavior and expected them to dress, as well as act, appropriately. (Courtright) Some women claimed to be unhappily married and felt a need to rely on a husband due to financial and educational limitations; however, an unarticulated longing for a life that looked far beyond her husband and children remained (she wanted/seeked more out of life). This was probably due to the end of World War 2: when the war ended, the women that were working ,in place of the men fighting, were forced out of the workforce. After this, the only other option for financial stability was to engage in marriage.(Courtright) Women, according to [|http://www.ezinearticles.com], were not supposed to engage in employment, socialize withh friends, or posess anyone/anything that would depart her full attention from her husband and children. (Courtright)