A 1950s housewife
Subtitle: marriage and homemaking in the 1950s
By: Sheila Hardy
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780752469898
Subjects: Women; History; Housewives; Marriage; Home economics; Nineteen fifties; House and Home
Description: Being a housewife in the 1950s was quite a different experience to today. This book collects heartwarming personal anecdotes from women who embarked on married life during this fascinating postwar period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Going Out -- 15 -- 2; title: Something New, Something Borrowed ... -- 23; title: Jean's Story -- 41; title: Diana's Story -- 43 -- 3; title: A Home of Their Own -- 47 -- 4; title: Making It Like Home -- 53 -- 5; title: The Daily Routine -- 67 -- 6; title: 'Twas on a Monday Morning ... -- 75 -- 7; title: Putting on the Style -- 82 -- 8; title: Leisure Time -- 96 -- 9; title: Which Twin Had the Toni? -- 108 -- 10; title: In Her Shopping Basket She Has ... -- 116 -- 11; title: A Bicycle Made for Two ... -- 125 -- 12; title: Health and Beauty -- 135 -- 13; title: The Status of Women in the 1950s -- 150 -- 14; title: Tings Ain't Wot They Used T'be -- 158 -- 15; title: Let's Talk About Sex-- 172.