History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1836 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Image and the Numbers
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The idea
The culture of the nineteen fifties urged wives home, yet forty percent of mothers of young children, and half of mothers of older ones, sought at least part-time work, the anchor records.
In practice
A television housewife, and a neighbour leaving for her shift.
Where people slip
The image and the numbers disagree, and the anchor gives both.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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