The 1950s were a wild mix of domestic duties, social expectations, and carefully polished appearances—all wrapped up in a perfectly pressed apron. For women of the era, life was about striking a ...

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 ...

Katrina Holte is not a modern woman. After three years of happy marriage, and getting stressed out by her job in a busy payroll department, she decided in 2018 to turn back time — and live like a ...

Katrina Holte is not a modern woman. After three years of happy marriage, and getting stressed out by her job in a busy payroll department, she decided in 2018 to turn back time — and live like a ...

Cold cream served a dual purpose as both a cleanser and makeup remover in the 1950s, with brands like Pond's and Noxzema becoming household names. This thick, mineral oil-based cream worked by using ...

New data on the American workforce has revealed that our understanding of “gendered” jobs has changed drastically. In the 1950s, for example, a female bartender was statistically very unusual, but in ...