Description
Original LIFE Magazine — December 24, 1956
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from December 24, 1956, a special two-in-one holiday issue devoted to The American Woman — Her Achievements and Troubles. The cover features a working mother and child, reflecting LIFE’s examination of women’s changing roles in American family life, work, and society during the 1950s.
- Cover Subject: The American Woman — Working Mother
- Inside This Issue: LIFE’s special report on American women, working mothers, family life, women’s achievements and challenges, and American society in the 1950s
- Completeness: Complete original issue
- Perfect For: Women’s history collectors, 1950s social-history enthusiasts, working-mother and family-history collectors, holiday and Christmas collectors, birthday and anniversary gifts, and vintage LIFE Magazine collectors
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 1 COVER: MOTHER AND CHILD: Jennie Magill, with a Full–Time Job Outside Her Home, Relishes Every Minute She Can Spend with Her Two Children (pp. 140, 141), Nuzzles 5–Year–Old Laurie.
Pg… 6 The American Girl at Her Beautiful Best, Photographed for LIFE by Howell Conant
Pg… 22 U.S. Woman’s Accomplishments, Gauged by Three Eminent Authors: She Misses Some Goals
Pg… 26 U.S. Woman’s Accomplishments, Gauged by Three Eminent Authors: Her Strength is Based on a Pioneer Past
Pg… 28 U.S. Woman’s Accomplishments, Gauged by Three Eminent Authors: She Needs Time to Consolidate Her Position
Pg… 30 Women Hold One Third of U.S. Jobs
Pg… 36 Editorial: Women, Love and God
Pg… 41 A Successful Wife’s Achievements in Multiple Roles, Photographed for LIFE by Ralph Crane
Pg… 49 Women Have Earned a Place in Politics
Pg… 57 The First baby is a Rich Experience, Photographed for LIFE by Suzanne Szasz
Pg… 65 Clubwomen: Doers and Duties in Raleigh
Pg… 72 Women are Wonderful, by Phyllis McGinley
Pg… 73 Women are Misguided, by Cornelia Otis Skinner
Pg… 80 Beauty Abroad: A Portfolio of Portraits of Women Around the World, Photographed by Philippe Halsman, Gives U.S. Women a Chance to Compare Themselves with Their Counterparts in 16 Other Lands
Pg… 97 A Teen–Ager Starts to Grow Up from Tomboy to Graceful Woman, Photographed for LIFE by Esther Bubley
Pg… 102 Bryn Mawr, Tough Training Ground for Women’s Minds
