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Ellen Richards
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Ellen Swallow Richards
fought for healthier homes https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/modern-womanhood/ellen-swallow-richards/ -
Breadwinner Husband
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bread winner husband
women were homemakers and children were present going to school
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=74#:~:text=It%20was%20only%20in%20the,not%20in%20the%20libertine%20sixties. -
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Great Depression
had families delay marriages and divorce rates were low because people couldn't pay to be separated
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm#:~:text=The%20Depression%20had%20a%20powerful,households%20or%20pay%20legal%20fees. -
Living Apart
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Living Apart
children worked part time jobs and women started working to provide for family
https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/the-evolution-of-american-family-structure/#:~:text=Depression%20and%20War&text=However%2C%20by%201940%20almost%202,wives%20supplemented%20the%20family%20income.%E2%80%9D -
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Stable family
Father, mother and two children was average, times became more stable for families economically, children were more valued https://www.lovetoknow.com/life/relationships/1950s-family-structure-values-everyday-life#:~:text=So%2C%20the%20stereotypical%20nuclear%20family,role%20as%20housewives%20and%20mothers. -
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Living together
children were grown and living in the household still at 18
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1962/dec/population-pc-s1-38.html#:~:text=In%2039.6%20million%20families%2C%20or,old)%20living%20in%20the%20household. -
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Exploration- Equal Pay Act
People wanted to ask questions and be curious about different things, women should have equal pay as men started to abrouse
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First Woman Minister
marriage rates decreased while divorce rates increased during this time, Margaret Thatcher advocated for traditional stable family unit
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Unmarried parents common
children were beginning to live with parents who weren't married as this generation was breaking tradition to not be married but still have kids together, parents were starting to work and not have time for their kids as well. https://www.proquest.com/openview/1b852b0caa97d7cf6d7fc3f91c18e645/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=31079#:~:text=Majorities%20characterize%20as%20%22a%20family,with%20parenting%20in%20the%201990s. -
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More involved
Parents started to pay more attention to their children, however they were helicopter parents who wanted to take over children's lives and be way too involved.
https://www.verywellfamily.com/millennial-parents-raising-children-4158549#:~:text=1990s%2D%202000s%3A%20With%20helicoptering%2C,until%20bedtime%2C%20than%20ever%20before.