We take a look at the impact this important decade had on everyday life, exploring the architecture, décor and habits of a 1940s home both during and after the war. Click or scroll to discover ...

According to the inflation calculator provided by the United States Government ... average American’s quality of life. A couple of dollar bills in the 1940s could feed an entire family.

Before the United States entered World War II, few Americans would have suspected that the territory of Alaska would play a role in America's fight against the Axis powers. In 1940, Alaska was ...

Folks will dress in 1940s fashion, vintage cars cruise Main Street and World War II-era ads fill the local paper — it's not a time warp, but a classic holiday movie brought to life on Long ...

Twenty-four percent of people in the United States had hospital insurance in 1945, and by 1950 this number jumped to 50%. [37] Beginning in 1940 and continuing for the next 10 years, nurse ...

This article reviews the origins of nurse-midwifery in the United States during the early decades of the 20th century and explores professional expansion between 1940 and 1950. Nurse-midwifery ...