Miss Escaparate (Miss Representation)

How did the WWI change the role of women in Britain?

Take a look at the presentation we've studied in class. Then, watch the videos -you'll find a lot of information and photographs about women's role in WWI. After revising all the material, complete the activity below.

Impact of WWI on Women from maggiesalgado

Rare photographs, 1918 -from Ptak Science Books
Four National Archives (UK) short films on female workers during the war
Women in trousers photo gallery
Check the the English Heritage site to complete the activities in the worksheet.

Town life in the Middle Ages

Town life from maggiesalgado

Apprentices from maggiesalgado

Travelling in the Middle Ages

Travel in medieval times from maggiesalgado

Political rights for women

Political rights for women from maggiesalgado

Sources Political rights for women 1900s from maggiesalgado

Sister Suffragette is about the Women's Social and Political Union that was formed in London in 1906 in order to give women the chance to be heard, particularly in the form of political votes. The group was formed to rally for suffrage, the right to vote, for women in the UK and all the members were called suffragettes.

Since Mary Poppins takes place around this time it is perfectly logical for Mrs. Banks to be active in this group and having her sing this song at the beginning of the film shows that she is more interested in being a suffragette than being a mother for her children.

Sister Suffragette (Mary Poppins, 1964)
We're clearly soldiers in petticoats

And dauntless crusaders for woman's votes
Though we adore men individually
We agree that as a group they're rather stupid!
Cast off the shackles of yesterday!
Shoulder to shoulder into the fray! 
Our daughters' daughters will adore us
And they'll sign in grateful chorus
'Well done, Sister Suffragette!'
From Kensington to Billingsgate 
One hears the restless cries!
From every corner of the land:
'Womankind, arise!'
Political equality and equal rights with men!
Take heart! For Missus Pankhurst has been clapped in irons again!
No more the meek and mild subservients we!
We're fighting for our rights, militantly!
Never you  fear!
So, cast off the shackles of yesterday!
Shoulder to shoulder into the fray!
Our daughters' daughters will adore us
And they'll sign in grateful chorus
'Well done! Well done! 
Well done Sister Suffragette!' 

Political rights for women GLOSSARY

suffrage the right to vote (also franchise)
suffragist a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) who believed in peaceful, law-abiding protest
suffragette a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an organisation that sometimes used violence to further its aims
spinster an unmarried woman. The term was used usually to refer to women past the 'marrying age'
militant aggressive

hunger strike making a protest by not eating food

force-feeding making someone eat food, often by passing a tube down the throat

inhumane without pity or compassion

La Violencia de Género: la mujer y la publicidad

La mujer en la publicidad from maggiesalgado

Decálogo para identificar el sexismo en la publicidad

Es sexista la publicidad que...

1. Promueve modelos que consolidan pautas tradicionalmente fijadas para cada uno de los géneros.

2. Fija unos estándares de belleza femenina considerados como sinónimo de éxito.

3. Ejerce presión sobre el cuerpo femenino a través de determinados tipos de productos.

4. Presenta el cuerpo de las mujeres como un espacio de imperfecciones que hay que corregir.

5. Sitúa a los personajes femeninos en una posición de inferioridad y dependencia.

6. Excluye a las mujeres de las decisiones económicas de mayor relevancia.

7. Aleja a las mujeres de los espacios profesionales prestigiados socialmente y, por el contrario, les asigna los roles de limpieza, cuidados y alimentación familiar.

8. Niega los deseos y voluntades de las mujeres y muestra, como “natural”, su adecuación a los deseos y voluntades de las demás personas.

9. Representa al cuerpo femenino como objeto, esto es, como valor añadido a los atributos de un determinado producto; como su envoltorio, en definitiva.

10. Muestra a las mujeres como incapaces de controlar sus emociones y sus reacciones, “justificando” así las prácticas violentas que se ejercen sobre ellas.

Glosario (RAE)
Patriarcado: organización social primitiva en que la autoridad es ejercida por un varón jefe de cada familia, extendiéndose este poder a los parientes aun lejanos de un mismo linaje.
Sexismo: discriminación de las personas por razón de sexo
Machismo: actitud de prepotencia de ,os varones respecto de las mujeres