1950s

clothes and hair started to change to look as a replica of their favourite stars. Teenage girls fashion started to drift from sensible dresses of the 1950’s to disobedient miniskirts. It was accordingly shown as a symbol of sexuality and new-found independence. When 1960 came, boys changed their hair to replicate the clean-cut boy bands from the 1950’s. The Beatles changed it immediately by changing the style to long hair, thinner ties and tighter jeans. The look was then known as the ‘Mod’. It…

The decade of the 1950s was a period when the world witnessed numerous significant events. This period was the so called ”Golden Age” of America and a decade that completely changed the equations of world politics. The United States in the 1950s experienced marked economic growth, The Korean War, the 1952 election of Second World War hero and retired Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower as President and his re-election in 1956, The Civil Rights movement and many more.Many people do not realize the…

1950s Art The arts were a great way to vent about life and common chaos. From the self-portraits of the thirties to graffiti of the nineties. Art has always been a way to show-case the feelings of the artist and the mindset of the viewer. The war and culture of the forties led into the greatest, and most successful, era in art. The fifties used the historical views to draw and write some of the most interesting art and poetry of the century. Though the art was spectacular, the…

around the United States had the exclusive chance to be able to experience how McDonald’s came to be. While the past of McDonald's is well documented, the company tries to elude from the actual origins of the company. A persistent salesman in the 1950's saw an opportunity so great, he had to take the idea and pull it out from underneath the rightful owners. This man, named Ray Kroc, is claimed to be the founder of McDonalds. Once the movie “The Founder” was released, however, audiences all…

Looking back, American society in the 1950s is often viewed through a nostalgic lens, seen as an idyllic, simplistic existence in which everyone was happy. However, things are rarely as simple as they appear, especially concerning as something as multi-layered as a country’s society. No matter how it appeared on the surface, American society and culture had been and continues to be a multi-dimensional construct based partly on the outside influences and media of the time. During the Cold War, in…

themselves. Logically, as person living in a 1950s society, with general gender…

The 1950s in America saw the rise of a distinct social group known as “teenagers”, who were previously unheard of. This group grew up in an environment considered to be “luxurious” by the rest of the world mainly due to the increased affluence and autonomy to pursue their own interests leisurely in a post-war American society of economic growth and stability. As a result, this decade saw teenagers engaging in a new culture that deviated from the present one, where the popularisation of Rock ‘n’…

Black Women 's Assimilation in 1950 In the 1950s, African American women assimilated to the European beauty standard because they wanted to be seen as beautiful in the eyes of white Americans. White people thought black women were ugly because of their “unattractive” natural hair texture and their darker complexion. Because of this, African American women ceased wearing their natural hair because of the continuous judgment of African characteristics and adopted a new type of beauty. Some…

The 1950s in the United States is notorious for the strong racism that many African Americans experienced. However, it was also during this decade that important historical figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called out for a change. Sixty-five years later, segregation laws have been abolished and the harsh treatment towards African Americans has decreased immensely, but still exists. Prejudice towards African Americans was extremely common in the 1950s, however the racial segregation of…

In the 1950s the nurses had different uniforms than what they do today. Many of the nurses were mostly female and they would have to wear dresses along with stockings and also a pillbox hat. Now today's nurses are both male and female and they wear scrubs. (In the 1960s, nurses still wore dresses and stocking as their uniforms. It was during this decade that things began to be a little more “buttoned down” and less formal for nurses. The uniforms also take a turn in the direction of more…