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    Posted: November 07 2019 at 09:52

In the 1940's and 50's, sexism pervaded the media (books, TV, movies) to which children were exposed. Oh, sure, there were always stories about female heroes, showing courage and intelligence and other good qualities. But actually putting boys and girls side by side and comparing them -- and showing that girls have good qualities fully equal to boys -- was seldom done. The one place it was constantly done, in those days, was in comic books.

Frank Johnson's "Little Tomboy" comic books were a good example of this. Here's an 8-page story from issue #92, in 1956.

 
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As a matter of fact, perhaps the greatest "tomboy" of all time was the juvenile movie star of the 1930's -- Shirley Temple. On the screen she was a girl, but in her personal life she hung out with boys and behaved like them, playing rough and getting dirty and fighting, and so on. And in adulthood she became a women's rights crusader. She also had a genius-level IQ -- in fact, girls of high intelligence often tend to be the "tomboy" type! And when I was a little boy, those were the kind of girls that I liked!
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Originally posted by Dragon Drop Dragon Drop wrote:

In the 1940's and 50's, sexism pervaded the media (books, TV, movies) to which children were exposed. Oh, sure, there were always stories about female heroes, showing courage and intelligence and other good qualities. But actually putting boys and girls side by side and comparing them -- and showing that girls have good qualities fully equal to boys -- was seldom done. The one place it was constantly done, in those days, was in comic books.

Frank Johnson's "Little Tomboy" comic books were a good example of this. Here's an 8-page story from issue #92, in 1956.

 

Not sure what to say here ... but in America, film was all about the manly thing, literature, however, in America was in the background. Europe, has a different story, as there were many actors/actresses that were activists even though most of it was not clear and open until the 60's ... 

I can't speak for comic books at all ... didn't come to America until 1965, and by then, things were moving differently. But in Brazil, for example, Maria Betania had already unleashed a song (Carcara -- with an accent on the last "A" (open A) so you know how to say it) ... and that was no cartoon ... it was deadly vicious and direct ... very historical in Brazilian history, though many of the invaders always did their best to silence it ... with a varying degree of success. Latin and South America histories are full of these ... and I don't know ... comic books is not a good place for them.

I'm probably going off the subject for you ... so sorry
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