Downsizing your home or renting ... class dreams of the 1950s. Money management through budgeting, saving, investment and planning are essential to reclaiming the American Dream.

Amid the optimism of the American dream, however ... the women remained at home. In the 1950s, women mostly stayed at home after marriage and did not pursue higher education or better job prospects.

Ford Library But all was not well for African Americans in the 1950s. Millions had returned home from World War II to find themselves excluded from the American dream. In an age of rising ...