Yes, but the 1940's, and before, were different:[0]

""So you used to work in the morning at one job. Then it was necessary to stop to rest. And then there was another job in the late afternoon and evening — in order to earn enough money to survive," she says. "It's said to be the origin of our way of life now.""

[0] http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/11/30/244995264/spai...