1950's women in music

Although, women have been viewed in varying ways throughout the years the 50's stand out the most because the end of world war II and emergence of the cold war times. Women had just came out of war time, working in jobs typical of men, and easily conformed to being housewives while men provided all incomes, in just a few years.

Due to the ongoing cold war of the period, America felt the need to be superior compared to communist. The horrors of communism in the lives of Russian women were shown through means of propaganda. These women were forced to work in factories while their children were shipped off to anonymous daycare centers. In order to make democracy look better than communism American women were shown in their delicate dresses, with their time consuming hair do's, and tending to hearth and home of the family, enjoying the "privileges" of capitalism, democracy, and freedom.

This is song written in 1956. This song conveys the things in which are used to describe what her opinion of an old fashioned girl is. This song doesn't only fit the era, but describes it to a certain extent.

Written in 1956, this song exemplifies how women conformed to the role in which they were expected to fit into. This song embodies the idealized picture of American women in Particular because it is exactly what is expected of women.

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Written in 1954, expresses how men "fool around" with women who are not old fashioned. They have no desire to settle down with these women, their only desire is to have fun for a while. Women who were treated this way were usually those who were going to college for a true education and not what was called a "M.R.S. degree".

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Written in 1954, is a song written particularly about a single woman of this decade who, like most single women, is perceived to be promiscuous because of "unusual" behavior for a woman who should be preparing herself to find a husband.

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Written in 1954, this song conveys the message that couples who were married were expected to stay married, unless it is the man's decision to get a divorce or separate. No matter how much a man may hurt the woman or how badly she may want to end it she will not because of the stigma she will receive.

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Written in 1959, expresses the who got the blame, of course the woman, when it came to the splitting of a family. It also shows a little bit of the complexity when it came to the children. Berry doesn't go into detail of the situation only scratches the surface, but blatantly blames the woman.

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