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    The 1950s family

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    Thesis (The 1950’s family acts the symbol of happiness‚ togetherness and supports) Introduction Considering the painting of the Norman Rockwell Freedom from want and the photo from Donna Reed Show‚ it gives me the idea that the 1950’s family value still appeal to Americans and other nations and I will write my essay and support it based on my readings and life experiences. As the upper-middle-class housewife Donna when you critically see the Photo from Donna Reed Show it reflect some points

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    Not-so Traditional Women means not-so Traditional Families In the 1950’s‚ families were stereotyped to be “compassionate” and their primary focus was on their family. Today however‚ people believe that the “traditional family” from the 50’s is only a thing of the past. Women have dramatically changed in the past sixty years and are becoming more and more independent. This change is why our families are no longer traditional. In the 1950s‚ with a male-breadwinner and a female housemaker‚

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    Black Families

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    Family is a basic unit in every society. However‚ the makeup of a family is more complex to define. There are so many types of families that it is impossible to have one distinct definition in trying to explain how a true family is defined. For example‚ there are married couples with or without children‚ single-parent families‚ and even families headed by gay men or lesbians. These may not have been considered families not too long ago‚ but now must be recognized because we live in such a diverse

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    Gregory Morris Course: 2215 Black Families in the U.S. Fall 2013 Dorothy Smith- Ruiz‚ Ph.D. Paper 1 Brown v. The Board of Education Fifty nine years after Brown v. the Board of Education‚ ask yourself are things progressively better for African Americans? Do we now live in a post racial society; were African- Americans receiving racial equality? Are African- Americans subjected to the same economic opportunities as their white counter parts‚ and is educational obtainment equal for both groups

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    Family Life In The 1950's

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    Within the 1950s the prevalent family was a two parent family‚ both mother and father. In this duration separate families were unprecedented proximately as in the event that it was illicit to be discrete. It felt this way since the way society was‚ numerous didn’t require the mortification of being dissevered and mainly women were perplexed to induce disunited. You were anticipated to induce hitched and remain hitched no matter how hopeless life was for you‚ since separate was an ignominiously. Back

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    Families Comparison EssayA family is a most precious identity a person can have. An individual from a noble‚ average or poor family can be distinguished by the character‚ acts‚ behavior‚ and living style. A person spends most of his time in life with the family and thus the family contributes the most in an individuals growth‚ thinking and behavior. When we think of a western family‚ the standard nuclear family comes to mind‚ working father‚ stay-at-home mom and a flock of children. This is no longer

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    #2 The African-American family is defined as networks of households related by blood‚ marriage‚ or function that provide basic instrumental and expressive functions of the family to the members of those networks (Hill‚ 1999). It is one of the strongest institutions throughout history‚ and still today. Family strengths are considered to be cultural assets that are transmitted through socialization from generation to generation and not merely adaptations or coping responses to contemporary racial

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    Making a powerful statement for black equality‚ African Americans took the world to its knees in the era of the 1950’s-1960’s by forming the Black Panther Party. This movement displayed an intolerance for harsh accusations‚ brutality and unjust treatment. At that time African Americans made a huge impact on every race‚ not just their own. The group wanted to ensure that all African Americans would have access to an equal opportunity in employment‚ education‚ housing‚ and granted entry to every public

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    The 1950’s A typical 1950’s family was nothing like the ideal family in today’s generation. Back then a typical family was a mom and a dad and several children. This is nothing like the current generation‚ where there are pregnant 16 year olds who think its ok to get pregnant out of wedlock because they see that on television. Everyone sat down to a home cooked meal together‚ unlike today where both men and women go to work and so they wind up eating something quick. Shows like “Leave it to Beaver”

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    ago‚ the concept of family was entirely different than what it is modeled as today. The typical family was generally working or middle class‚ and it consisted of a husband who worked to support the family‚ and a wife who stayed home to tend to the house and children. The structure of the traditional family along with the general nature of society‚ have since changed however. No longer does the word “family” have a universal application in society. The supreme portrait of family is ever changing

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