Unfortunately, Women in the 1950’s were classified as modern day slaves to men in many ways. Women were seen as homemakers, which means they took responsibility of running the household and taking care of it, this was also known as a housekeeper. Some of the tasks that gave women this title were cooking, cleaning and taking care of their children, this was just some of the handful of jobs the women had to do and this is how they earned their respectful name as inferiors to the men in this era. They also had to put their education and future on hold while the men worked minimum wage jobs during the postwar economy so they could support their wives and children at home. The stay at home wife was at home more than her husband, therefore she would
