Catherine Gourley
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Looks at the roles of American women at the turn of the century as seen in the stereotypes of the sophisticated and fashionable Gibson girl and the strong-minded suffragists and illustrates how they were reflected in the magazines, television shows, and films of the time.
Author
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Pub. Date
2008
Description
Who were the women who called themselves "Ms." and who were the Material Girls? They weren't specific individuals, but rather symbols that defined perceptions of women during the 1970s through the 1990s. The term Ms. was adopted by feminists--women who believed in equal pay for equal work, freedom from sexual harassment, and equal employment opportunities. The Material Girls wanted all this, but they also wanted to be wild, sexy, and outrageously...
Author
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
During the 1950s and 1960s, popular media was doing everything possible to undo the strong, work-oriented Rosie the Riveter image of the 1940s and bring women back into the domestic fold. The young, blonde Gidget image offered young girls a role model for carefree living before they settled down to fulfill their patriotic duty as wives and mothers. Yet many women weren't buying the images that advised them on how to catch husbands and become dutiful...
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Details the conditions at Andersonville Prison in Georgia--including overcrowding, lack of supplies, harsh rules, and prison gangs--that led to the deaths of 13,000 Union prisoners, and recounts the trial of the camp's commandant, Henry Wirz.
15) Good girl work: factories, sweatshops, and how women changed their role in the American workforce
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Discusses the girls and women in the industrial workforce of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the reforms and movements that changed their working conditions and the nature of the work itself.