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The good old days?
AUBURN - In films of the 1940s, women were often depicted as weak and submissive, usually fulfilling their patriotic duties by finding employment in the absence of their husbands who were fighting World War II.
Female characters in movies of the post-war era were expected to play equally subservient roles, usually supporting their veteran husbands after returning from Europe.
On Sunday, to shed further light on the subject, Cayuga Museum hosted a lecture by SUNY Albany film history professor Rob Edelman, titled “From Rosie the Riveter to Harriet the Happy Homemaker: Women Onscreen During and After World War II.”
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