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MYTH AMERICA: Picturing Women 1865-1945 by Carol--Ed. Wald

MYTH AMERICA: Picturing Women 1865-1945

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Pub Date: Nov. 1st, 1975
Publisher: Pantheon

Pictorial representations of Mulier Americana Masscultis from the Civil War to WW II, classified under such rubrics as sweetheart, temptress, homemaker, working girl, patriotic inspiration. The illustrations (from posters, sheet music, advertisements, postcards, etc.) are supplemented with an explanatory text by Judith Papachristou.