Year 8 English
Representation of Women
MODERN PERIOD – 1901 – End of WWI
Brainstorm some possible keywords before you begin searching for information.
Some suggestions include:
suffragettes
women’s vote
Women in World War I
Gibson girls
Edwardian era
names of specific novels, plays, poems, characters and/ or famous art works of the time
We recommend you search using the “All Fields” option in the Library Catalogue as well as using the resources below.
Media
- Advertising – Click on these links to find examples:
- 1900s
- 1910s
- AdAccess Search (Use the limiters to find advertising for your time period)
- Posters
- Anti-Suffrage posters like “A woman’s mind magnified”
- World War I propaganda posters
- Magazine – Good Housekeeping
- Photographs – Use your keywords to search https://trove.nla.gov.au/ for Australian photographs (You’ll also find other photographic sources in the websites listed on this page)
Text Examples
Prose (Novels)
The following novels are available in the Library.
F BAU
Baum, L. F. (2009). The wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Floating Press.
Originally published in 1900.
F BRU
Bruce, M. G. (1996). A little bush maid. Angus & Robertson.
Originally published in 1910.
F BUR
Burnett, F. H. (2009). A little princess. Floating Press.
Burnett, F. H. (2014). The secret garden. Oxford University Press.
Originally published in 1905 and 1911 respectively.
F MON
Montgomery, L. M., & Greenwood, B. (2000). Anne of Green Gables. Scholastic.
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Montgomery, L. M. (2014). Anne of Green Gables. Aladdin.
Originally published in 1908.
Print Resources
This is a selection of print resources recommended by your Teacher Librarians. They contain information about the historical and social background of women in the early 20th Century as well as providing examples of art, literature and media of the period.
You can locate these books using the shelf Call No indicated.
You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue.
305.409 BEL
Bellamy, L., & Moorse, K. (1996). The changing role of women. John Murray.
Provides details and source material tackling questions:
How did women win the vote? Did getting the vote change anything? Have women won equal rights with men in tthe twentieth century?
305.420973 NAR
Nardo, D. (2011). The women’s movement. Lucent.
305.420994 INS
Inserra, R. (2004). Women at home & war : 1900-1945. Heinemann Library.
305.40904 GOU
Gourley, C. (2008). Gibson girls and suffragists : perceptions of women from 1900 to 1918. Twenty-First Century Books.
324.6230994 OLD
Oldfield, A. (1994). Australian women and the vote. Cambridge University Press.
940.3082 KRA
Kramer, A. (2004). Women and war. Watts Books.
973.911 COR
Corrigan, J. (2010). The 1900s decade in photos : a decade of discovery.Enslow Publishing.
305.40904 TUR
Turner, M. (2003). The women’s century : a celebration of changing roles 1900-2000. National Archives of Australia.
Provides comprehensive contextual coverage of the changing role of women for each decade.
eBooks
While the focus is American this is an excellent resource. The eBook explores the role of women during the Progressive Era and World War I and the growth of women’s suffrage. This informative book surveys the lives of both the poor and the rich, discovering that while most women gained new rights in the period from 1900 to 1920, some still faced discrimination and injustice.
Macdonald, F. (2001). Women in peace and war 1900-1945. Belitha Press.
This book covers the period from the end of the Victorian area through two world wars, when women played an active role in social and political development and increasingly made an inpact in the workplace.
Guillain, C. (2015). Stories of Women’s Suffrage: Votes for Women! Heinemann-Raintree.
Women used to have few rights. All the important decisions in their lives were made by men. They could not vote and give their opinion on who should run the country. By the middle of the 19th century, more and more women were starting to ask why not? These are the stories of five trailblazers who achieved amazing things in difficult circumstances. Many of the rights women have today are thanks to their actions. They helped change society’s image of women forever.
eResources
Use your keywords to search for articles in the following Online Databases.
Websites
Here are some websites that your Teacher Librarians have evaluated for your use. If you search the free internet yourself be sure to evaluate the website. Refer to Thinking Critically about Web Information.
Note: Be mindful that much of what is on the free internet for this topic is content created by students, including university level, and you don’t know what marks they received. Remember you want to find material that is suited to your age and comes from an authoritative source. We have check these ones for you.
Anderson, B. (2012). Timeline: the women’s movement. ABC News. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-08/timeline3a-the-women27s-movement/3873294
CBS News. (n.d.). Early 20th century women in the workplace. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/women-in-the-workplace-20th-century/
Library of Congress. (n.d.). The Gibson girl’s America. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gibson-girls-america/the-gibson-girl-as-the-new-woman.html
Women: Representations in advertising. (2003, September 15). Adage. http://adage.com/article/adage-encyclopedia/women-representations-advertising/98938/
World War 1: 1914-1918 (n.d.). Striking women: Women and work. http://www.striking-women.org/module/women-and-work/world-war-i-1914-1918
Videos
*Note: Focus in on British women
Learning Essentials. (1986). Australian women’s heritage 1901-1945 [Video]. ClickView database.
* Note: Chapters 1-6 are the relevant segments to watch.
Classroom Video. (2004). Life at the beginning of the 20th century [Video]. ClickView database.
* Note: Chapter 15 & 16 are most relevant to the role of women during this time.