Do we really miss the 1950's?

Stephanie Coontz is the author of What we really miss about the 1950's. When reading this story I found that she had many good points with what was good about the 1950's. She states that it was the best time for children to grow up, because times were safer then.
I can't say that I miss the 1950's, because I was not alive then. However, I do remember watching old shows like I love Lucy and the Donna Reed show. I remember thinking as a girl that these women look like they have really amazing lives, but as I got older I realized that not all women enjoy being homemakers. Women did not have the rights that we do today, and most women just assumed that they were destined to be homemakers and that was it.
One thing that Coontz wrote that caught my attention was how much the tv shows could influence on the families life. In I love Lucy the show was more forcused on reminding women that wanting a career or " hatching a hare-brained scheme" behind her husband's back would get them into trouble.