Post on 29-Dec-2015
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Propaganda: Any media campaign (radio, tv, movies,
magazines, internet, advertisements, “news,”) that seeks to convince people of a particular idea.
That idea/propaganda can be a positive idea like “Girls Are As Smart As Boys.”
Or the idea/propaganda can be negative, like “All Muslims are Terrorists.”
It’s not always easy to tell propaganda– it looks like regular media. It doesn’t come with labels!
Rosie as Propaganda: Realities of both European and Pacific Theaters
Plus, Stuff for a 2 Front War—Different stuff. a TWO FRONT WAR
12 Million American Soldiers by End of War
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
C. Marine Corp Women’s Reserve
D. SPARS:
Women’s Coast Guard Aux.
E. WASP:WOMEN’S AIRFORCESERVICE PILOTS
F. Army Nurse Corp *54,000 Active Duty *217 Black Nurses *66 POWsE. Navy Nurse Corp: *11,000 Active Duty
*11 POWs * 24 Flight Nurses
III. Women’s Non-Military and Volunteer WorkA. OSS: Office of Strategic Services:
Sisterhood of Spies --Julia Child and Marlene Dietrich
B. American Red Cross: Nursing, Relief Supplies, Entertainment
Wonder Woman: A Rosie!
Introduced by DC Comics, Jan., 1942,to Suggest Female Power, Sexual Equality and Women’s Role in Fighting “Evil.”
Bad/Racist Propaganda: Anti-German Propaganda– to encourage Americans to help in the fight against the Nazis. Like Wonder Woman!
MUCH More Racist than the German Stuff . . . Remember Anti-Asian Racism Lecture? Asian Guy as Sexual Predator. Remember Sambo?