HIST261 Lecture Notes - Igor Gouzenko, Mccarthyism, Winnipeg General Strike
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Intro: suburbanization of cnd (last set of notes, gendered housing (con"t, experts weigh in, ad-men weigh in, the cold war, cnd and the cold war. Couples are marrying at a younger age which gives them a larger reproductive window and thus are having more children. It is becoming more common that women are beginning to grow up with the dream of being a mom, in addition to fewer women choosing to not have children. During the recession it was common that couples would forgo having children because they didn"t know what type of world would exist for them to live in. In addition there are few services in these new neighborhoods, public transportation having not been as fast to build as the homes were. This creates a community of isolated women as most families had only one car that the husband would take to work in the morning. As a result many women reported depression, feelings of isolation and boredom.