A Picture Tells a Thousand Words: Photographs of Women Work, and the 1940s.

Bonfield, Lynn; Lewis, Karen

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ERIC Number: EJ412432

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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A Picture Tells a Thousand Words: Photographs of Women Work, and the 1940s.

Bonfield, Lynn; Lewis, Karen

Social Studies Review, v29 n1 p55-64 Fall 1989

Presents an essay and several photographs describing the experiences of U.S. women in the 1940s. Suggests that wartime employment greatly impacted the role of women in society. Describes ways to help students learn how to interpret a photograph and provides questions for classroom discussions. (DB)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women, Females, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Photographs, Primary Sources, Social Studies, United States History, Visual Aids, Womens Studies, World War II

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Historical Materials

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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