Oh, but I was alive in the 50's -- in grade school.  I was oblivious to what went on in the 'real' world with our parents' struggling to make ends meet.  Mom got paid a LOT less than the men and it was a union shop.  Lots of shops were fighting for unions.  Retail was no bed of roses.  Good medical care was not what it is today -- please don't go back there.  Cars are even much more dependable.  And I am not going to go back to ringer-washers!