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Rosie: History, Iconography and Contemporary Issues

Rosie as Propaganda:  Realities of a TWO FRONT WAR  Soldiers for both European and Pacific Theaters  12 Million American Men in the Military by 1944  Plus, Stuff for a 2 Front War—Different stuff.

Waged Work Not Just for Poor Women Anymore. Waged Work as PATRIOTIC.

Whole Lotta Rosies

I. Women’s Waged War Work: Let’s Do the Numbers  1930: 22% Working Age Female Employment  1940: 25% “  1945: 37%  6.5 Million Women added to workforce  Or 1 in 4 of Married Women at WAGED work (cause they’re all doing unwaged work– right?)  350,000 Women joined the Armed Services  310,000 women worked in aircraft industries, or 65% of total work force

II. Women’s Military Service A. WAC: Women’s Army Aux. Corp B. WAVES: Navy Women’s Auxiliary

 C. Marine Corp Women’s  Reserve D. SPARS: Women’s Coast Guard Aux.  E. WASP: WOMEN’S AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS

 F. Army Nurse Corp  *54,000 Active Duty  *217 Black Nurses  *66 POWs  E. Navy Nurse Corp:  *11,000 Active Duty  *11 POWs  * 24 Flight Nurses

III. Women’s Non-Military and Volunteer Work A. OSS: Office of Strategic Services: Sisterhood of Spies --Julia Child and Marlene Dietrich B. American Red Cross: Nursing, Relief Supplies, Entertainment

 C. United Service Organization: Programs, Services and Entertainment to Military personnel.

IV. Women’s Domestic Work Victory Gardens:

Conservation as Patriotism

Wonder Woman: A Rosie!  Introduced by DC Comics, Jan., 1942, to Suggest Female Power, Sexual Equality and Women’s Role in Fighting “Evil.”

SO What?  Yea Women!  Yea Women?  (Note, we still need conferences like these)

Norman Rockwell’s Rosie

The Bechdel Test  1. The Movie has more than ONE Woman.  2. The Two women Talk to Each Other.  3. They Talk About Something Other Than Men.

Examples of Films Girls Watch that Fail the Test  1. Harry Potter– Deathly Hallows  2. Avatar  3. Star Wars  4. Lord Of the Rings Films  5. The Twilight Films  of 14 Pixar Films (Bug Life, Toy Story 3, Incredibles and Brave Pass)  7. And, sadly, so many more.

Anita Sarkeesian and Sexism in Video Games  Studies Gender Tropes in Video Games and misogyny in Gaming Culture.  1. Women are objectified and sexualized.  2. Women exist to be rescued—Damsel in Distress Trope.  3. Women are rarely Protaganists.  4. Violence, both sexual and not, against women is ubiquitous.

Susan Douglas on TV  1. Women should be judged FIRST by their appearance.  2. Women need to compete over men.  3. Women can’t get along with each other.  4. Women are overly emotional and obsessed with relationships.  5. Women should be sexy, but not sexual.  6. Strong women are bitches.  7. Women are materialistic and shallow.  8. Housework and Childrearing are Women’s Work.

The Othello Effect or Internalized Oppression

Can Rosie and Wonder Woman HELP US Save OURSELVES?

Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Not Only Shapes How People See You, it Shapes WHO YOU ARE

Our Bodies Chang Our Minds  Cortisone is the Stress Hormone.  Testosterone is the Dominance/Confidence Hormone  2 Minutes of “Power Posing” Raises Testosterone and lowers Cortisol.  TWO MINUTES!!!! Get Your Testosterone Up and your Cortisol Down.

What’s a High Power Pose?  1. Rosie!  2. WONDER WOMAN!

Go Forth and Be, NOT a Powerful Person, but a Powerful Woman. Redefine Power. NOW. For the GIRLS.