This was the cover for the Women's Journal Magazine in the year of 1944. The statement was extremely racy for this period of time because women were still expected to be the soft spoken women who kept the house tidy for their husband. They were not suppose to be the ones who wanted to challenge the ever changing gender roles. Even though women had proved themselves over and over again through all ranks and positions in the military they still were not perceived as stronger people. In the magazine the statement “Many of us may be serving shoulder to shoulder with America’s fighting men—but we’re still the weaker sex, and it’s still up to us to appear as alluring and lovely as possible.” Despite the fact that women were able to hold these positions, they were satisfied knowing that they were still perceived as beautiful.
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