Gidgets and women warriors : perceptions of women in the 1950s and 1960s
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 wives and mothers. Instead, they pursued the Woman Warrior persona to emerge as astronauts, peace activists, and women who challenged bigotry and racism.--From publisher description
Print Book, English, ©2008
Twenty-First Century Books, Minneapolis, MN, ©2008
Nonfiction
144 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
9780822568056, 0822568055
74987779
Prologue: The lady from Maine addresses the Senate : June 1, 1950
The three A's of femininity
Mrs. TV consumer
Teen scenes
Civil rights and wrongs
Women warriors of the Cold War
Epilogue: A year of protests, 1968