The "M.R.S." Degree In the 1950s, women felt tremendous societal pressure to focus their aspirations on a wedding ring. The U.S. marriage rate was at an all-time high and couples were tying the ...

Ann Page's Complete Guide to Wedding Etiquette, published in 1950, explained how to have an utterly pukka wedding. Back in the day, guests could have been sitting down to a delicious meal of ...

This collection looks back at marriage in the post-war years of the 1950s and 1960s, with emphasis on the role of women. It also shows the beginning of social changes, such as divorce reform and ...