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Conference turris::womannotes-v2

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1105
Total number of notes:36379

277.0. "Rosie The Riveter" by EVER11::KRUPINSKI (Warning: Contents under pressure) Sun Nov 06 1988 22:01

	I would like to bring to the attention of this community a
	documentary I caught most of tonight: "American Experience:
	The Life And Times Of Rosie The Riveter".

	The film intersperses interviews of five WWII female munitions
	workers with clips of wartime and post-war propaganda films,
	and newsreels of the day. It contrasts the real experiences
	of these workers with the ideals portrayed in the propaganda
	films, first, to encourage women to enter the workforce, and
	then, to encourage them to leave and give up their jobs for
	the returning (male) soldiers.

	It was on PBS, so I expect it will show up again, and I for
	one, intend to see the part I missed.

						Tom_K
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277.1I taped it; I enjoyed it; I'll see it again.REGENT::BROOMHEADDon't panic -- yet.Mon Nov 07 1988 10:3010
    If you feel that it is hopeless, absolutely hopeless that you
    will ever get to see this documentary, you could get a transcript
    by sending [a check for] five dollars to:
    
    		The American Experience
    		#105 - The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
    		P.O. Box 322
    		Boston, Mass.  02134
    
    						Ann B.
277.2EVER11::KRUPINSKIWarning: Contents under pressureMon Nov 07 1988 12:514
	For Boston area viewers, it should be on Channel 2 tonight at
	7:00 pm. Will be setting up the VCR.

					Tom_K
277.3watch itVINO::EVANSChihuahuas and LeatherMon Nov 07 1988 14:5018
    I saw it last week, and found it illuminating. I enjoyed the
    interviews with the woman who was involved in union orgainization,
    and 2 black women who worked in war plants.
    
    I found it interesting to observe the different kinds of propaganda
    during and after the war. "We need you (wonderful, skilled) women!"
    to having a woman doctor make ominous predictions about The Future
    if women keep working!
    
    In a snippet of interviews asking women why they work in the war
    plants, one woman actually said , "I'm an Old Maid..." (I'll let
    you watch to get the rest). I honestly didn't know whether to laugh
    or cry!
    
    I'd recommend it.
    
    --DE
    
277.4APEHUB::STHILAIREnothing in commonMon Nov 07 1988 16:577
    I saw it last week, too, and I also enjoyed it a lot.  I couldn't
    believe that woman who said, "I'm an old maid.."!  At least we don't
    have old maids anymore!  It was very interesting but in a way it
    was sad, too, to hear some of the different accounts of the women.

    Lorna