A study co-authored by a CU Boulder economist reveals how young wives played a significant role in financially kick-starting their families during the economic prosperity of the 1950s, also opening ...

Coming after World War II, the 1950s finally allowed people to take a sigh of relief as they began recovering from years of economic decline, conflicts, and battles. It was a period characterized by ...

The 1950s were where it all started for rock music. While some proto-rock origins can be found in the 40s, the 50s were where rock music really started to develop. And even though decades have passed ...

Ahh, the 1950s. The good ol’ days. Before all those Black "agitators" and that pesky Civil Rights Act of theirs got in the way of a good white man’s prosperity. A true golden age. When a man could ...

A new survey found that Americans are divided on if life was better in the 1950s. Nutrition is one of the areas where there's been a lot of development in the last 70 years. Getty Images “Happy Days” ...

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Vintage photos of the 1950s in N.J. Back in the 1990s, I used to be fascinated that one of my living aunts had been alive before the Wright brothers flew. Similarly, I would imagine that for those ...