Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1950s were a wild mix of domestic duties, social expectations, and carefully polished appearances—all wrapped up in a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Fashion has always been cyclical, with past eras inspiring modern trends decade after decade. So, it ...

Women in their 50s today are reinventing the classic beauty routines their mothers and grandmothers swore by in the 1950s, blending timeless habits with modern science. Instead of cold cream jars and ...

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 ...

Women were expected to “earn” a proposal Getting a ring on it in the 1950s was seen as a campaign a woman had to win. The responsibility fell squarely on her shoulders. Books with titles like How to ...

American women in 1950 and 2010 have very little in common, except that they both have the same job. After all the progress women have made breaking into the male-driven work force, the American woman ...

In the 1950s, women didn't need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners. A recent British study found that back then the average waistline was 28 inches, but today it's 36, ...

IMAGE: This is female astronaut candidate, Jerrie Cobb testing in Gimbal Rig. BETHESDA, Md. (October 6, 2009) — In the early years of the “space race” (1957-1975) two men sought to test a ...