ABSTRACT
Life was pretty simple for June and Ward Cleaver of Leave It to Beaver. Every morning, Ward, dressed in a suit, kissed his wife and left for work. June, in a dress, took care of the children and had a hot meal waiting for Ward’s return from work. The routine was the same for Margaret and Jim Anderson, the married couple on Father Knows Best. These two popular television shows from the late 1950s depicted the traditional nuclear family, where men worked outside the home and women worked inside the home.
