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Creating Rosie the Riveter : class, gender, and propaganda during World War II /

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Examines advertisements and fiction published in the Saturday Evening Post and True Story in order to show how propaganda was used to encourage women to enter the work force.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Honey, Maureen, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1984.
Subjects:
Women > United States > History > 20th century.
Women in mass media > United States > History > 20th century.
Women > Employment > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > United States.
Women > United States > Social conditions.
Women in advertising > United States > History > 20th century.
Women in literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Propaganda.
Description
Summary:Examines advertisements and fiction published in the Saturday Evening Post and True Story in order to show how propaganda was used to encourage women to enter the work force.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:x, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: pages [241]-248.
ISBN:0870234439 :