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To: tejek who wrote (135626)	8/11/2013 9:24:06 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 149317

It is true that what I do know about is white middle class society in the 1950's. And in that culture a woman could not become a mother without a husband--or if she did she would suffer severe social consequences. (Probably had to leave town to have the baby and then give up the baby for adoption.) So for the most part white woman did not have children out of wedlock and children grew up in two parent families (there was also great social stigma associated with divorce and it was infrequent and "scandalous" when it occurred). These social and cultural conventions restricted people's choices, but it did make for a whole lot of family stability. And children grew with an economic model of at least one working parent and that parent was working hard. I do not know the status of Black families during this time. My impression is that it tried to mimic the White culture's standards, more or less, but if you know different let us hear about it since you've said held yourself out as knowledgeable person on this subject. What were black families like in the 50's? Where two parents the role model? Where black women stigmatized if they had kids out of wedlock back then?