During the time period after World War II America was booming. There were new ideas underway, one of these ideas was Levittown. Levittown was a suburb where they built houses in large loads, many of the first people to live in these houses were soldiers. This was a result of the G.I bill which supplied housing and education to veterans that just came back from the most recent war. With people gaining more money and getting jobs the population of suburbia was increased to really anyone who could afford a house there. But, even though suburbs were meant for everyone they weren’t, they were very segregated some even had signs in front of them saying that blacks were not allowed, and women were stuck taking care of the kids all day at home. Economy post war era, 1945-1960, was great. However this era had a bad reputation for women and minority groups.
There was a lot of economic growth in this era. GNP had doubled, this was a good thing because the U.S was making more money which they needed after the War. This also made many more Americans feel apart of the middle class. The automobile industry was booming as well, the number of automobiles nearly quadrupled in this time frame. Additionally many new conglomerates were being started such as, Hartford fire insurance and Avis rent-a-car. There were also new …show more content…
One of them being the “role” of women and who they were supposed to be. After WWII the American women were nearly forced to quit their jobs and return them to the men. Women had to go back to taking care of the household and the kids. This made them very frustrated with all their new role as the “Happy Housewife”. They wanted to be out and have jobs, making money for their family and helping pay bills. Even though women were needing to help with the finances the social norm was telling them to stay home. This made the women afraid to even speak a word to themselves or their
There was a lot of economic growth in this era. GNP had doubled, this was a good thing because the U.S was making more money which they needed after the War. This also made many more Americans feel apart of the middle class. The automobile industry was booming as well, the number of automobiles nearly quadrupled in this time frame. Additionally many new conglomerates were being started such as, Hartford fire insurance and Avis rent-a-car. There were also new …show more content…
One of them being the “role” of women and who they were supposed to be. After WWII the American women were nearly forced to quit their jobs and return them to the men. Women had to go back to taking care of the household and the kids. This made them very frustrated with all their new role as the “Happy Housewife”. They wanted to be out and have jobs, making money for their family and helping pay bills. Even though women were needing to help with the finances the social norm was telling them to stay home. This made the women afraid to even speak a word to themselves or their