So i want to build on what we began to talk about last week. On monday. And that is that africanamericans had a civil society and that is civil society by that i mean society outside the state. Where people had their social networks, their continuities. And one of the interesting things that has come out of that, those connections, is a kind of leadership out of a black congregation, particularly the clergy. In this discussion im going to talk too much about men, but males have dominated in some ways the kind of conversation about american politics for a number of reasons. As we can see. You can see if my little thing works. Lets try this again. So there are a host of characters, im not going to talk about all of them, but there are some things that i really want you to pay attention to. One it says indigenous community organization. Black churches are indigenous community organizations and its indigenous because it is controlled by the people at the very lowest level, at the ground le
good afternoon. want to build on what we began to talk about last week. on monday. african-americans have a civil society, and that is a civil society, i mean a wherey outside the state people had social networks, continuities good continuities. one of the interesting things that has come out of those connections is a kind of leadership out of a black congregation, particularly the .lergy in the suspicion, i will talk to much about men, but males have dominated in some ways the kind of conversation about american politics for a number of reasons, as we can see. we can see if this will work, let s try this again. so there are a host of characters, i m not going to talk about all of them, but there are some things i really want you to pay attention to. one, indigenous community organization. black churches are indigenous community organizations. it is indigenous because it is controlled by the people at the very lowest level, at the ground level. i don t mean that low in te
then we are going to zero in on women in the labor market after the war, and follow that through the late 20th century. today isimportant task to dispel the notion that american women went home after world war ii. american women workers did not go home after world war ii and we are going to do our best to wipe that notion out of our minds. primary goal. if we can accomplish that we have done a lot. before we dive into the arguments, i want to do a free association exercise. this is going to involve having you close your eyes, relax for a second, and i m going to speak a phrase. i want to see what images walked into your mind s eye. what images pop up? is american women in the 1950. 50 s.can women in the 19 do any images come into your mind? would you share? june cleaver. great. we will come back to that area? housewives. anybody else? a different picture. how many of you thought of suburbia? whennk it is the most we asked that question of most americans, we ask that of
americans, not just college students, what comes into our mind is suburban housewives. the person that comes into my mind is june cleaver. i have been studying women s history for decades in the first image that pops into my mind is june cleaver. she wasn t even a real woman. my gosh, she is a sitcom character in leave it to beaver. that is the name of the show. can you describe june cleaver? what is she wearing? a dress, prim and proper. an apron. prof. muncy: fancy dress and an apron. sometimes a high coller, not too low. it was still the 50 s. prof. muncy: pearls. coiffed hair. prof. muncy: when i picture june cleaver, i always picture her, got the pearls, got the coiffed hair, in stiletto heels frying bacon and vacuuming. this is very often the image we have of american women in the 1950 s. one of the things we want to do is to shove june cleaver to the margins of our images of american women in the 1950 s. we don t want to get rid of her entirely because suburban