America 1950-1959: Lifestyles and Social Trends Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 65 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1950-1959.

America 1950-1959: Lifestyles and Social Trends Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 65 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1950-1959.
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On 12 April 1956 Mrs Joseph Wright Alsop, widowed mother of columnists Joseph and Stewart Alsop, married Francis W. Cole, retired chairman of the board of Travelers Insurance Company, on 12 April 1956.

Josephine Baker filed charges of sexual discrimination against Sherman Billingsley's Stork Club in New York City on 21 December 1951.

Malcolm Bingay, editorial director of the Detroit Free Press, was critically injured on 17 January 1950 at a gourmet dinner sponsored by the AFL Cooks' Union when a container of hot coffee and brandy exploded.

Actress Ingrid Bergman on 25 January 1950 filed suit for divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom so she could marry Italian film director Roberto Rossellini.

Radcliffe College senior Audrey Bruce, the heiress to the fortune of Andrew Mellon, revealed on 22 April 1956 that she had married Boston art-gallery consultant Stephen Currier on 15 November 1955.

Dr. James Lee Dickey, a black physician in Taylor, Texas, was named "Man...

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