It is amazing that so many people are deeply affected by the media and the movies. As part of our study on the impact of film on history, I have decided to examine the role of television in the 1950's. Many sitcoms were focused around middle class, white families that concentrated many of their values around family and good morals. For example, I Love Lucy portrayed a married couple in which the husband was the …showed first 75 words of 278 total…

…showed last 75 words of 278 total…large amount of women in the workforce at the end of the war, but many women came back to their subservient roles at home once their husbands returned from the war. In conclusion, the impact of television and movies in the 50's isn't monolithic, but more of the a dual impact. It not only reflected the lifestyles of women during that time period, but it also shaped what the future for women would look like.