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Culture Of The 1940's

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

1940'S CULTURE

BY: ZAC & CORINNA

WOMEN'S CLOTHES

  • Typically modeled after the utility clothes produced during the war
  • Squared shoulders, narrow hips and skirts ended below the knee
  • Tailored suits were also popular
  • Pants (slacks) gained popularity
  • Teenage girls began to wear sweaters, knee-length skirts and bobby socks
Photo by | El Caganer

MEN'S CLOTHES

Photo by phlubdr

FEMALE CELEBRITIES

  • Marilyn Monroe- actress and model
  • Elizabeth Taylor- actress played in Jane Eyre (1943)
  • Shirley Temple- child actress

MALE CELEBRITIES

FEMALE ARTIST

  • Dinah Shores
  • Began singing on the radio station WNCW
  • Became a vocalist on NBC radio program
  • First major hit " Yes, My Darling Daughter"

FEMALE ARTIST CONT...

  • Kay Starr
  • At, 15 she sang with the Joe Venuti orchestra
  • Sang with the Charlie Barnet's band
  • Hits- " You Were Only Foolin", " While I Was Falling in Love"

MALE ARTIST

EDUCATION

  • Education became more standardized, professional and national
  • Community colleges took on the role of trade schools, and 2 year degree programs increased
  • Teachers were paid exceedingly low, and an estimated 100,00 left teaching for better jobs
  • Following the war, congress passed the GI bill of rights
  • Schools were segregated, they were separate but not equal
Photo by eriwst

TECHNOLOGY

WARS

  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • U.S. Entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941)
  • U.S. Bobs Hiroshima and Nagasaki Aug. 6, 1945 causes Japan to surrender
  • War officially ends Sept. 2, 1945
Photo by bebouchard