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Introduction
Jeanne Boydston’s Cult of True Womanhood
Women Enter the Workforce in Early 20th Century:
Domestic. Shop girl. Waitress. Cook. Those were the jobs for women in the 1930’s — when they could get work. Suddenly the U.S. entry into World War II created an unprecedented demand for new workers. Notions of what was proper work for women changed overnight. Thousands of posters and billboards appeared calling on women to “Do the Job He Left Behind.” Rosie the Riveter was born, the symbol of working women during World War II, as documented in the film The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
Women’s Employment and Earnings: Gender Wage Gap (PDF)
Media and Gender: Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s TEDxWomen
Medicine: Boston Women’s Health Book Collective: Our Bodies Ourselves
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