SOC 3380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lost Sex, Unintended Pregnancy, Good Housekeeping

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3380
• Professor: Anthony Winson

Document Summary

4. 1 million unmarried women between age 20-34 worked in defense ministry. Late 19th century used to refer to heroines in books by authors like henry james. = exercised control over own lives be it personal, social, economic. New women, both fictional and real, blurred the clear distinctions. Early 1930s: 26 states had laws prohibitings employment of married women. Late 30"s: ladies home journal, mccalls, good housekeeping, women"s home companion. Fictional (and some non-fictional) stories that feature career women. Often in relationships with men but their spirit, courage, determination was something to be admired. Plotlines of fiction: conflict with man but she does not lose him as long as she remains committed to herself. Clear sense of herself as an individual, sense of purpose, self-reliant. Understanding the sense of possibility as women is significant within context of upcoming campaign: Office of war information collaborates with women"s magazines, radio producers, ad agencies- make factory work, wielding, wearing overalls, etc attractive option.