Title: Suburbanization in the 1950s | World History
Headings: Suburbanization in the 1950s
Suburbanization in the 1950s
The Baby Boom
Creating Suburbia
Popular Culture Glamorized Suburban Life

Content: Suburbanization in the 1950s | World History
American History
Suburbanization in the 1950s
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The growing number of suburban communities in the 1950s demonstrated the desire many Americans had to establish a secure familial environment. The suburbanization of United States was a central part of the campaign to create the ideal American family, and the federal government played a direct role in the mass migration from the cities. Suburbia personified the American Dream for every young couple in postwar America as a place where they could own their own home and raise their children away from the horrors of city life. The Baby Boom
And there were more than enough young couples to populate suburbia after the war. The average age of brides and grooms was at a record low, and the marriage rate was at an all-time high. By the end of the 1950s, 70 percent of all women were married by age 24; in 1940 it was 42 percent and in 1988 it was 50 percent. The average age of marriage for men was 22, and for women it was 20. The fertility rate soared 50 percent between 1940 and 1957, and nearly half of all American women had their first children before they turned 20. During the postwar period, society viewed marriage as an essential ingredient for a full and happy life.