During the 1950s, middle-class married women increasingly took jobs outside the home primarily because
E
the federal government provided inexpensive child care for their children
O families often needed additional income to support a high-consumption lifestyle
Othey sought the intellectual stimulation provided by the workplace
women had won widespread social approval for their efforts as industrial workers during the
Second World
War
streetcars and subways made it easier to travel to allow child rearing and full-time work