Political Science 2142A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Attack On Pearl Harbor, United States Office Of War Information
1 Mar 2016
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1937 war breaks out in asia chinese and japanese: americans involved economically. September 1st 1939 war in europe. Us neutrality: roosevelt tries to find every loophole to get around every neutrality act set by wilson. December 7th 1941 attack on pearl harbour. How does popular culture deal when the country goes to war: unifying factor that brings america together, the all american girls professional baseball team, Dress played in relatively short skirts with shorts had to be taught how to slide into a base respectively: couldn"t wear jeans off the field. League"s success lasted until 1954 after the war: office of war information, 1942. When war breaks out, most professional players enlisted. Creates league in 1943: 10 teams went throughout canada and the us to scout players. How do women get away with playing a masculine sport in an age of conservatism: code of conduct. Behaviour had to behave like good girls.
