http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2286549/Perfect-50s-housewife-myth-busted-They-didnt-time-immaculate-home-AND-achieve-flawless-look.html

The perfect 50s housewife myth busted: How women didn't have time to keep an immaculate home AND achieve flawless look:

This is a really interesting read; We all have these predeceived views of how woman where like in the 50's, a perfect representation of an ideal woman. Perfect looking house and woman, with the dinner on the table and a cup of tea at the ready. However it seems that realistically these woman would not have enough time for this perfect idea. Most would have jobs, and the household chores where more laborious then we could imagine. How could they keep this perfect facade of utopia whilst still gleaming with a beautiful made up face, clothes and house? The truth it seems that, they couldn't.