Book Cover
E-book
Author Hardy, Sheila M

Title A 1950s housewife : marriage and homemaking in the 1950s / Sheila Hardy
Published Stroud : The History Press, 2012

Copies

Description 1 online resource (282 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Author's Note on Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Going Out; 2 Something New, Something Borrowed ... ; 3 A Home of their Own; 4 Making It Like Home; 5 The Daily Routine; 6 'Twas on a Monday Morning ... ; 7 Putting on the Style; 8 Leisure Time; 9 Which Twin Had the Toni?; 10 In Her Shopping Basket She Has ... ; 11 A Bicycle Made for Two ... ; 12 Health and Beauty; 13 The Status of Women in the 1950s; 14 'Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be; 15 Let's Talk About Sex; Sources; Appendices; Plates; Copyright
Summary Getting married in the 1950s was quite a different experience to how it is today. After the independence of the wartime years, women now had to leave their jobs when they married and support their husband by creating a spotless home, delicious meals and an inviting bedroom. From ingenious cleaning tips, ration-book recipes and home decor inspiration, the homemaking methods of the 1950s give a hilarious and poignant insight into the lives of women in that decade
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Housewives -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Home economics -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Nineteen fifties.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General.
HOUSE & HOME -- Reference.
House and Home.
Home economics
Housewives
Marriage
Nineteen fifties
Women
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780752478951
0752478958
9780750966924
0750966920