An Article From 1958 ‘129 Ways to Get a Husband’ Shows Just How Much the World Has Changed


You don’t need to have lived in the 1950s to have an opinion on the 1950s. If you were to have to describe that time, what would be the first thing that came to your mind? Would you think about the popularity of Elvis or perhaps the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union? Those are two defining factors of the 1950s, but there is another that should not be overlooked. It is how magazines would often advise women on how to seduce men.

Kim Marx-Kuczynski from Madison, Wisconsin happened to come across a 1958 McCall’s magazine. She was intrigued by the article, ‘129 Ways to Get a Husband’. It shows us just how much times have changed. You can see it below:


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