Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 9/16/2011
A great comedienne and trailblazer for women entertainers, Phyllis Diller's story offers a window into the world of entertainment. Explore her story through photographs, costumes, and her massive filing cabinet (or "gag file") of jokes. This exhibition provides a great starting point for discussing how humor and entertainment can both shape and reflect social conditions.
This is a Bata Cubana, or Cuban Rumba dress, donated to the Smithsonian by Celia Cruz, the great ...
Women, record, entertainment, home, stage, Women's History, USO, book, feminism, 1900s, female, performance, woman, march, performer, Women's History Month, costume, 20th century, performing art, twentieth century
The focus of this book is on American feminists from the pre-Revolutionary War period to the pres...
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