" THE AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE 20th CENTURY " PART 1 (1964)
1964 · Short film · 28 min
- Documentary
Synopsis
Produced by David L. Wolper, this TV special "The American Woman in the 20th Century" dates to 1964. This groundbreaking documentary explores changes in American women's economic, political, and social statuses. (Note: experiences covered are almost exclusively white.) Opening: Etiquette expert Emily Post discusses girlhood, rouge, "wickedness" (0:09-0:43). Kissing in car, “free love” dancing, “the twist” at a formal. Closeups: women in hairnets, women playing acoustic guitar, on red carpet, sipping cocktails, shopping for luxuries, styling short hair. Footage of hospital delivery (1:41-2:45). Baby and mother lying together. Queen Victoria’s funeral (2:56). Early 1900s city: hats, furs, horse-drawn carriages. Picnic on a boat (3:38). Women play tennis in dresses, splash in waves, cycle, sled, stroll (3:43–4:10). "Gibson Girls" illustrations (beauty standards) (4:10). Woman doing housework (5:04); "work-saving technology": sewing machine, icebox, telephone, phonograph. Woman "at leisure" plays piano, strolls (5:33). Nickelodeon entrance (5:42). Hollywood proposal scenes (5:53). Mary Pickford in various films. People exit theater, including woman with stroller. Women teach, distribute food, nurse (6:42-6:58). Urban street (aerial). Workers in garment factories (7:02). Factory fire / victims (7:22). Women organize social and political clubs (7:32). Suffragettes. Theodore Roosevelt (7:54-8:00). Suffragettes disrupt election gatherings. Banner: "what will you do for suffrage?"…
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- Running time
- 28 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Baby Snooks
- The American Woman
- Emily Post
- Gibson Girls
- Mary Pickford
- Clara Bow
- Mary Louise Cecilia
- California Here
- Edna St
- Fannie Brice
