The classic 1950s living room was more than a place to sit, it was a carefully arranged stage for family life, television ...

Families in the 1950s shared moments that wrapped everyone in the same warm glow, turning ordinary days into memories that ...

Country music in the 1950s was a pivotal era, yet many fans today might struggle to name the female artists who shaped the genre during this time. These pioneering women not only created unforgettable ...

James Stewart looks through his camera in a scene form the film 'Rear Window', 1954. ( The 1950s were the last full decade of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Hollywood filmmakers weren’t the only ones ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center ...

Music fans often struggle to name the women who shaped 1950s music. Many great female singers from this time don’t get the recognition they deserve. Their voices and songs helped define an era, but ...

It has become fashionable to portray outdated societal behaviors and attitudes — ones we now consider desperately wrongheaded — to be worse than they really were as a way of making a point about how ...

In the 1950s, life got a lot easier for most Canadians, with one exception: the housewife. For them, life was as dreary as ever, and even more complicated. The strong gender roles of the 1940s ...

The decade following World War II is often described as one of the most prosperous economic times in American history. With victory under their belts and money in their pockets, Americans in the 1950s ...