World War I And The Modern American Woman - Cincinnati Event

7:30 pm

Guest speaker Lynn Dumenil  focuses on popular culture visual imagery of American women during World War I. Using slides and film clips, it analyzes these representations in the context of a key issue of early twentieth century women's history: the rise of the modern "new woman." I argue that World War I did not cause a major transformation in women's roles or status, but suggest that extensive media attention to women engaged in war service at home and abroad helped to consolidate a perception of a new woman who challenged the various boundaries that had restricted women's lives.

The Michael J. Colligan History Project is a joint undertaking of the Colligan Fund Committee of the Hamilton Community Foundation and Miami University Hamilton. For more information call (513) 785-3277 or visit www.colliganproject.org.