In this film from 1962, the American Woman is the focus as the center of family life and, in particular, the manager of family resources. This film is considerably more updated than our other Zippy short film choices from the 50s, and yet it is dated in the final days of Camelot - the last gasp of pillbox hats and fedoras. This film was produced just one year before the publication of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" and Bob Dylan's release of "the Times they are a-Changin'." It's an important snapshot in time.
Essays cover a variety of issues surrounding Muslims in the United States, including such topics as working in America, diversity of Muslims in terms of ethnicity, beliefs, and practices. It discusses conditions for women, life after the September 11th attacks, and family life in the US.
shows 49% rise in ER visits for drug related suicide attempts by females aged 50 and older
June 15, 2011
A new national study shows that from 2005 to 2009 (the most recent year with available figures) there was a 49% increase in emergency department visits for drug related suicide attempts by women aged 50 and older.
The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's will be the first comprehensive multi-disciplinary look at these questions at this transformational moment. The Report will digest the current trends in thinking about Alzheimer's, examine cutting-edge medical research, look at societal impacts, and include a groundbreaking and comprehensive national poll. It will feature original photography and personal essays by men and women - some from the public arena with names you know, some from everyday America - sharing their personal struggles with the disease as patients, caregivers and family members.
In this 1950 short film, "Joan Spencer" learns the importance of office etiquette and career building. Many of the principles endure today. However, it's interesting to see how the workplace has changed in 60 years. For example, if you pause the film at 2:12, you can see a job application from the era which asks for height, weight, marital status, number of children, and other questions that are discriminatory and illegal today. Yet some advice is timeless - enjoy your work and enjoy your coworkers. And enjoy this film!
This spring we're going to have another book club meeting. We are reading and will discuss Stephanie Coontz's new book A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s.
The Department of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Missouri seeks a scholar specializing in Women's and Gender Studies or a closely related discipline to apply for the Dorothy Haecker Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship.
