The perception of women has changed over the last century, due to changes in the economy, lifestyles and housing. I will discover how women changed between 1930 and 1960 and the effect that Vogue had on women's lives. Vogue has not only contributed to the acceptance of trends in the fashion and beauty industry, but has also become an industry prize changed in women's cultural thinking, actions and clothing. Vogue is the world's most influential fashion magazine, first founded by Kelly Trepkowski, who writes about art, culture and politics. Vogue is regularly criticized, along with the fashion industry it writes about, for valuing wealth, social connections, and low body weight over more noble achievements from its inception in the late 19th century to the present. The history of the 20th century has shown abrupt changes to more radical and conservative lifestyles, with the Great Depression of the 1930s through to the Swinging Sixties due to the libertine attitudes that emerged. Women slowly regained their rights as citizens, as in 1948 Cambridge University finally bowed to public pressure and admitted women to its degrees and then in 1950-1960 saw women teachers, bank managers and television journalists . The struggle in those 30 years has had a great impact on women around the world and I believe it may have changed the perception of women. Fashion before the 1930s was more elegant, sober and expensive. With Vogue publishing designs within the magazine so women can have clothes tailored to their specific wants and needs. Fashion was very important to women at that time, with high society socialites wanting the newest trends and latest in fashion accessories. This is what Vogue had to offer women, as well as the bridal fashion ranges. The covers also covered sports and recreational breaks for upper-class women and their husbands. Vogue helped create the ideology of the "lady of leisure." There have been many cultural changes in women's lives over the past hundred years. After the euphoria of the 1920s, the 1930s were a less vibrant decade for women, due to the Depression, which meant that all women were encouraged to return home while men returned to jobs that were becoming scarce . All their roles and responsibilities were taken away from them; the economy is unable to cope with the growing number of men returning to work.