Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index.
Contents:
New deal documentary -- Women, documentary, the depression, adn the New Deal : a convergence beyond conventional wisdom -- The individual art programs, the women involved -- Portraits of modern women alone and together : face forward, standing on new ground -- Beyond portraits to personification : classical imagery transformed in public images of women -- Specific themes developed : selling beauty and sexuality -- Moving into romantic relationships : the uncetainties of the new -- American marriage, and divorce -- Coping in a world of violence : the creation of the modern female folk hero -- Reproductive rights and motherhood -- Race and class, and gender -- Women at work -- And the subject of age.
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