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Author:

Gourley, Catherine, 1950-

Title:

Rosie and Mrs. America : perceptions of women in the 1930s and 1940s / Catherine Gourley.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

144 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Women--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Women--United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Nineteen thirties--Juvenile literature.
Nineteen forties--Juvenile literature.
Women--History.
Women--Social conditions.
Popular culture--History--History--20th century.
Nineteen thirties.
Nineteen forties.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Inauguration Day, March 4, 1933 -- Ain't we got fun? : amusements and diversions in hard times -- Mrs. America goes to the movies -- Fashion's passions -- Bylines and headlines : women who write news, women who make news -- The many faces of Rosie -- Epilogue: Mrs. America goes home.

Summary:

The jubilance of the Roaring Twenties was silenced by the stock market crash of 1929. Now the Great Depression challenged women in their homes, as Mrs. America had to learn how to "make do" with less. And as men left for battle fronts, World War II propelled women to take their place in factories, becoming Rosie the Riveter. As girls and women of the 1930s and 1940s searched for their own identities, the media of the times tried to influence their paths. Magazine advertisements and mail-order catalogs showed women how to be both fashionable and frugal. Screwball comedies on the movie screen and the romantic soap operas on the radio portrayed women who took life lightly. But many women ignored these stereotypes and forged paths that women had never pursued before, in careers as pilots, foreign correspondents, musicians, and social activists.--From publisher description.

Series:

Images and issues of women in the twentieth century ; v. 3

ISBN:

0822568047 (lib. bdg.)
9780822568049 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71243985

LCCN:

2006028984

Locations:

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

DTPD413 -- Garner Public Library (Garner)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

SQPC104 -- Jesup Public Library (Jesup)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)