That's true, the spouse stayed at home, washing clothes and dishes by hand, dreaming about buying a 12" b/w TV, and worrying about the kids coming-down with polio . . . wait, we were talking about standard of living, right?
Aw,come on.
Most people had washing machines and small TV’s in the fifties.
Polio was not a concern after 1954.
You were right on the dishwashers——they came later.