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These girls, ages 8–12, were asked to take images from the media to illustrate what they thought girls and women should or should not do. The sources of media used by the girls in the study included images from: newspapers, magazines, photos of advertisements (in subways, elevators, etc.), television, and Internet.
Painting of an unknown nuclear family in Washington, D.C., dated 1850 An American nuclear family composed of the mother, father, and their children, c. 1955. For social conservatism in the United States and Canada, the idea that the nuclear family is traditional is a very important aspect, where family is the primary unit of society.
The first atomic pin-up girl, Candyce King, appeared on May 9, 1952, in the Evening Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois) and the Day Record (Statesville, North Carolina) papers as "Miss Atomic Blast". [2] [4] In the spring of 1953, the city of North Las Vegas chose Paula Harris as Miss North Las Vegas of 1953 and gave her the nickname "Miss A-Bomb". [2] [4]
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Below, take a look at how Americans dealt with the threats of the Cold War during the 1950s and '60s — the last time nuclear war felt dangerously close. See Also:
United States Information Service poster distributed in Asia depicting Juan dela Cruz ready to defend the Philippines under the threat of communism, 1951.. In the cultural history of the United States during the Cold War, domestic containment was the notion that women's main role is in the home, while men work to provide for the family in order to keep a stable home environment and uphold ...
In order to better understand the blast and thermal effects of a nuclear bomb, the US dropped a 16-kiloton bomb on a fake town in the middle of Nevada. Creepy photos show a fake 1950s city filled ...
The Radium Girls' case was settled in the autumn of 1928, before the trial was deliberated by the jury, and the settlement for each of the Radium Girls was $10,000 (equivalent to $177,000 in 2023 [8]) and a $600 per year annuity (equivalent to $10,600 in 2023 [8]) paid $12 per week (equivalent to $200 in 2023 [8]) for all of their lives, and ...