Families were heading to the suburbs and buying into their first home and white picket fence good life. The GI Bill Of Rights sent returning soldiers head on to a college education and economic prosperity. The 1940s was an era filled with attitude, and the time had come where the veritable ‘American Dream‘ actually had come true. No siree Bob, a new age had dawned, and it was ‘top-notch‘ all the way. After a taste of newfound income and freedom, many women weren’t about to give up their jobs, however. While pin-up girls were soaring in popularity with the GI-Joes stationed abroad–some 12 million women at home were suddenly thrust into factories building airplanes, ships, and trucks until the men who held these jobs returned home from the war. Ohhhh, yeah, beat me daddy eight to the bar! The 1940s slang words reflected the era, too. During the 1940s, Americans knew all too intimately the darkest hours of World War II and its devastating effects–as well as the celebrations of unrestrained jubilation that followed victory.
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