How to be a Good Housewife tip 1: To your husband

Housewives of the 1950s it was not as easy as you would think. The women were required to please their husband and take care of the house. They did not have a job, the husband supported the family. Although their job the wives did have was to clean the house, make dinner, laundry and yes please their husband everyday of the week. This blog will consist of all the duties the housewives were required to do everyday of their life for their husband. As a women, it slightly annoys me how much these men expected from these women they “loved”.

Cooking was one of the most important jobs as a housewife in the 1950s.  Lets start from the beginning; Everyday you are required to cook a nourishing breakfast for your family. You also made sure they all finished their meal if not you would not let him out of their seat until they finished it all! Skipping lunch, dinner was the most important so planning ahead for a yummy dinner meal was always a great idea. This is because when your husband comes home from a hard day at work a full plate of his favorite meal is waiting for him. Keyword: favorite.

So now that you have dinner all prepared for your hard working husband you must take a 15 minute break to be refreshed so when your husband arrives you are prepared. For example put a ribbon in your hair one look pretty since he was with work-weary people all day! It is very important that at the time he comes home the washer, dryer, vacuum and children are quiet. Greet him with smiles and show love, be happy! Listen to all his problems and don’t forget .. your problems at that time were not important. It is required that you do not complain if he is late or did not come to go out with fellow co-workers. As a housewife it is your job to understand his problems and be the person he vents to. Also just make sure when he goes to his bed and lays down that you get a cold water for him for him to truly relax and chill out. If need be make your self a cocktail if you need to be happier!

An article from "Housekeeping Monthly"

Now follow all these rules . If not you will
 have a moment like this from the movie 
“Pleasantville” 1998 .. One confused husband!

Television

In the 1950s technology was becoming extremely popular. Television being one of them was one of the most used. Practically  most families in the 1950s had one television in there living room space, rather then today we have one almost in each room. Anyhow, they had a limited set of channels to watch and that being said family time was still extremely important since they all had to still entertain each other somehow! Down below I made a brief list of the shows that were watched in the 1950’s.

Comedy

The Honeymooners

I Love Lucy

Drama

The Twilight Zone

Superman

Kids

Mickey Mouse Club

Howdy Doody Time

Even with these television shows, Family was still important and everyone enjoyed watching the shows together which is less common in todays generation.....

Body Images

When did skin and bones showing become more attractive then curves? In the 1950s the average women’s ideal body is what we would chubby today. Marilyn Monroe was the ideal to look up to with her height being 5 feet by 5 1/2 inches, weight about 118, bra size 36D, size 12 in a dress and a size 8 in jeans. Even when she gained about 22 pounds she was still viewed as a sex goddess. Although comparing to todays ideal female it is 117 pounds with the height of 5’11. It is really sad how girls today look up to girls with un-healthy weight rather then the healthy weight. What we call “chubby” was beauty  in the 1950’s......