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The table below shows a breakdown by sector of jobs held by women in 1940 and 1950. Women overwhelmingly worked in jobs segmented by sex. Women were still highly employed as textile workers and domestic servants, but the clerical and service field greatly expanded. This tertiary sector was more socially acceptable, and many more educated women ...
Woman's films usually portray stereotypical women's concerns such as domestic life, family, motherhood, self-sacrifice, and romance. [2] These films were produced from the silent era through the 1950s and early 1960s, but were most popular in the 1930s and 1940s, reaching their zenith during World War II.
The Big Operator (1959 film) Billy Elliot; Bitter Rice; Black Fury (film) Blood Feud (1983 film) Blue Collar (film) Boxcar Bertha; Brassed Off; Bread (1986 film) Bread and Roses (2000 film) Brothers (1929 film) Business as Usual (film)
800 women operatives and 4,000 workmen marched during a shoemaker's strike in Lynn, Massachusetts. 1863 (United States) The first railroad labor union, The Brotherhood of the Footboard (later renamed the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) is formed in Marshall, Michigan. [6] It is headed by William D. Robinson. [16] 1864 (Europe)
1960 1960 Writers Guild of America strike: 148 days [9] (Film) 156 days [9] (TV) [16] 1960 1960 Actors Strike 42 days [17] [18] 1952 1952 Actors Strike 79 days [19] 1945 Set decorators Hollywood Black Friday strike 231 days 1942-1944 1942–1944 musicians' strike: 834 days (the longest of all Hollywood strikes) 1941 Disney animators' strike ...
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; Pages in category "1960s feminist films" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
During the mid-1940s, with many of the men fighting in the Second World War, and many of the children evacuated to rural areas, women attained more financial responsibility and independence by having to work, and Gainsborough Pictures took advantage of this by providing films with powerful images of female independence and rebellion that resonated deeply with audiences.
The role of women's films was discussed at the Women's Liberation Conference in Melbourne in 1970, [108] and groups such as the Feminist Film Workers collective (1970s and 1980s), Sydney Women"s Film Group (SWFG, 1972–), Melbourne Women's Film Group (1973–), Reel Women (1979 to 1983 in Melbourne), and Women's Film Unit (Sydney and Melbourne ...