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The growing popularity of television.
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While televisions were available in the 1930s, the popularity only increased drastically in homes during the late 1940s to the 1950s.
Frozen dinners. Power tools. Televisions.
It was believed to be during the roman times
Television shows in the 1950s frequently showed women as housewives. In reality, many women in the 1950s did not have the luxury of being housewives.
The end of world war 2, computers, television automobiles, economy, and technology
They became predominant in the west during 1950s. Many homes still do not have them and world wide most homes do not
White, Polite, and happy.. not necessarily that not everyone was happy, but that at that time that is what the entertainment emphasized. Take the famous TV Bewitched, this is a show from the 1950s where during the whole show Sam and Darrin are "happily married" where nothing ever goes wrong.