[watwut]

Labor force participation of women in 1950 was 33.9 while males 86.4. So while males worked much more, the framing that makes it sound like women did not worked at all is false.

Upper and middle class women did not worked, poorer women (significant part of population) did and had to work.

[dabbledash]

I think you’re missing your parent comment’s point. Women who were not working for wages were usually still working in the home.