Writing Research - The Fifties
The 1950s or The Fifties was a decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. By its end, the world had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late 1940s to a hot competition between the United States and the Soviet Union by the beginning of the 1960s. [1]
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Society & Life
- The Life of a 1950s Teenager
- 1950s Teenager
- Life in the 1950s
- What Sundays Were Like in the 1950’s
- The Fifties Life
- American Cultural History - 1950-1959
- 1950s Life
- Teenage Life in the 1950’s
- Dorm Life - Not the Way it Used to Be - Then and Now
- The Ideal Woman (PDF)
- Children’s Manners and Etiquette in the 1950s
- Memories of Being a Kid in the 1950s
- American Elementary Schools in the 1950s - 1960s
- New York in the 1950s
- House Calls: Don’t Worry The TV Repairman is On His Way!
- Fifties Cars, Photo Gallery and Posters
- A Woman’s Role in the 1950s (PDF)
- Women in the US Military - 1950s
- History of Women in the U.S. Army
- Women in the US Military - 1950s Recruitment
- Women in the Work Force during World War II
- American Women Through Time: 1950 - 1959
- Opportunities for Women in 1950s
- Women’s Roles in the 1950s
- The Cold War and American Women in the 1950s
- Housewives of the 1950s
- Timeline of Events for African Americans in the U.S. Army
- African Americans: Civil Rights and Social Reform (1950s - 1970s)
- Civil Rights Movement Timeline - 1951 to 1959
- LIFE and Civil Rights: Segregation in 1956 South Carolina
- A Brief History of Homosexuality in America
- Historical Marriages Trends from 1890-2010: A Focus on Race Differences (PDF)
Commerce
- What it Cost in 1954 - Prices
- Prices in the Fifties
- Food Groceries and Toiletries in the 1950’s
- How Much Cheaper Everything Used To Be
Fashion
- 20th Century Fashion History: 1950s
- Men and Women Fashion in the 1950s: Prices and Examples
- Not Just Poodle Skirts and Ponytails
- 50’s Swimsuits
- Swimwear
- Century in Shoes: 1950s
- Ladies Handbags: 1950 to 1965
- Fifties Cosmetics Influenced by Hollywood
- 1950’s Jewelry and Accessories
- 1950s Accessories
- Perfume Ads of the 1950s
- Cosmetics: 1950s Beauty and Hygiene
- 1950s Makeup Style Guide
- Popular Makeup Brands of the 1950s
- Stockings and Petticot Adverts
- Fashions Compared from the 1940’s and 1950’s
- 50’s Teen Fashion Fair
- Curlers and Bonnet Style Hair Dryers - The Classic Fifties Fashion
- Hairstyles of the 50s
- Men Hair Styles in the Fifties
- Men as Fashion Trend Setters in the 50’s
- Fifties Home Perms and Hair Styles of 1955
- Beauty by the Decade: The 1950s
- Beneath It All: ’50s and ’60s Underwear
- Underwear Girdles, Bars and Corselettes
- Nursing Uniforms of the Past and Present
Entertainment & Food
- Color TV Introduced
- Heavens Gate - Popular Tunes in the Fifties
- The Timeless Jukebox
- Teen Dances of the 1950s
- Teen Idols Music
- Proms Aren’t What They Used To Be
- Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1950
- Playboy Magazine First Published, 1953
- Television History - 1950-1959
- Broadway - A Bright Golden Haze 1940 - 1950
- The History of Film in the 1950s
- Cinema History: The 1950s — Focus on American Films
- Chronology of 1950s Films
- TV Classics - 1950s - 1960s
- 1950’s: Movies, TV, and Society
- 1950’s Music, Fads, Entertainment, etc.
- Painters and Poets of the 1950s
- The Books of the Century, 1950 - 1958
- An Overview - 1950’s Drivein
- First Drive-in Move Theater Opens
- Restaurants of the 1950’s: Fast Food is Born
- When Food Became Fast!
- Comfort Food from the 1950s
- A 1950’s Kitchen Inventory
- 50’s Meat and Food Prices
- Instant Tea: From England to 1950’s America
- The Food Timeline: 1950s
- Popular Candy from the 1950s
- 100 Years of American Food: 1900 to 1999
- 1950s Decade: Favorite and Family Approved Recipes
- TV Dinners in the Fifties
- 1950’s Recipes
Dialogue
Health, Hygiene & Medicine
- Goldenage of Medicine?
- Heath Care in the 1950s
- The 1950s: Medicine and Health
- Medical and Research Achievements Timeline
- American Experience: The Pill
- Life Expectancy for Social Security, 1940-2000
- Life Expectancy in the USA, 1900 to 1998
- Eight Decades of Health Care
- The Pharmaceutical Century - 1950s
- Hospital Segregation in Detroit in the 1950s
- History: When Hospitals Kept Children From Parents
- A Personal Memoir of the State Hospitals of the 1950s
- South Shore Hospital - The 1950s
- U.S. Army Women Nurses
- American Nursing: An Introduction to the Past (PDF)
- Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene
- A History of Birth Control Methods (PDF)
- Contraception: Part, Present and Future Fact Sheet
- History of Abortion
- Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Care - 19th Century to 1950s
- Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Care - 1950s to 2000s
- History of Menstrual Pad
- Dirty Down There: The Selling of “Feminine” Products
- Feminine Hygiene Products Advertising
- Shaving Ads of the 1950s
- Medicine Ads of the 1950s
- The History of Prescription Drugs
- The 1950s: Era of the Mass Disease Campaign
- What Diseases Have Been Eliminated by Vaccines?
- A Social History of America’s Most Popular Drugs
- The History of Illegal Drugs in America
- Tobacco/Cigarette Ads of the 1950s
- The Doctors’ Choice Is America’s Choice: 1930 - 1953
- Cigarette Smoking Behavior in the United States (PDF)
Law Enforcement & Crime
- State Police in the 1950s
- The 1950s: Law and Justice
- Police Transportation History (PDF)
- History of Women Policing
- History of Police Technology and Forensic Science
- Indiana: Science Solves Crimes
- The LAPD: 1926-1950
- NJ State Police History in the 1950s
- Buffalo Police Then and Now
- The Evolution and Development of Police Technology
- Fifties in America: Organized Crime
- 1950s Crimes
- Organized Crime
- The Evolving Strategy of Policing (PDF)
- USA Homicide Rates: 1950-2010; By Race and Sex
