The Resource Good girls, good food, good fun : the story of USO hostesses during World War II, Meghan K. Winchell
Good girls, good food, good fun : the story of USO hostesses during World War II, Meghan K. Winchell
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- Summary
- Throughout World War II, when Saturday nights came around, servicemen and hostesses happily forgot the war for a little while as they danced together in USO clubs, which served as havens of stability in a time of social, moral, and geographic upheaval. Meghan Winchell demonstrates that in addition to boosting soldier morale, the USO acted as an architect of the gender roles and sexual codes that shaped the "greatest generation." Combining archival research with extensive firsthand accounts from among the hundreds of thousands of female USO volunteers, Winchell shows how the organization both reflected and shaped 1940s American society at large. The USO had hoped that respectable feminine companionship would limit venereal disease rates in the military. To that end, Winchell explains, USO recruitment practices characterized white middle-class women as sexually respectable, thus implying that the sexual behavior of working-class women and women of color was suspicious. In response, women of color sought to redefine the USO's definition of beauty and respectability, challenging the USO's vision of a home front that was free of racial, gender, and sexual conflict. Despite clashes over class and racial ideologies of sex and respectability, Winchell finds that most hostesses benefited from the USO's chaste image. In exploring the USO's treatment of female volunteers, Winchell not only brings the hostesses' stories to light but also supplies a crucial missing piece for understanding the complex ways in which the war both destabilized and restored certain versions of social order.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Note
- "A Caravan book"--Title page verso
- Contents
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- To make the boys feel at home : senior hostesses and gendered citizenship
- The loveliest girls in the nation
- Wartime socializing
- Nice girls didn't, period : junior hostesses and sexual service
- Courtship and competition in the USO dance hall
- Isbn
- 9780807832370
- Label
- Good girls, good food, good fun : the story of USO hostesses during World War II
- Title
- Good girls, good food, good fun
- Title remainder
- the story of USO hostesses during World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- Meghan K. Winchell
- Subject
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- Frau
- History
- Soldiers -- Recreation
- Soldiers -- Recreation -- United States -- History
- USA
- United Service Organizations (Etats-Unis) -- guerre mondiale 2
- United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- United Service Organizations -- US
- United Service Organizations <USA>
- United States
- War work
- Weltkrieg <1939-1945>
- Women
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States
- femme -- soldat | spectacle et divertissement | Etats-Unis. Armée -- guerre mondiale 2
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Throughout World War II, when Saturday nights came around, servicemen and hostesses happily forgot the war for a little while as they danced together in USO clubs, which served as havens of stability in a time of social, moral, and geographic upheaval. Meghan Winchell demonstrates that in addition to boosting soldier morale, the USO acted as an architect of the gender roles and sexual codes that shaped the "greatest generation." Combining archival research with extensive firsthand accounts from among the hundreds of thousands of female USO volunteers, Winchell shows how the organization both reflected and shaped 1940s American society at large. The USO had hoped that respectable feminine companionship would limit venereal disease rates in the military. To that end, Winchell explains, USO recruitment practices characterized white middle-class women as sexually respectable, thus implying that the sexual behavior of working-class women and women of color was suspicious. In response, women of color sought to redefine the USO's definition of beauty and respectability, challenging the USO's vision of a home front that was free of racial, gender, and sexual conflict. Despite clashes over class and racial ideologies of sex and respectability, Winchell finds that most hostesses benefited from the USO's chaste image. In exploring the USO's treatment of female volunteers, Winchell not only brings the hostesses' stories to light but also supplies a crucial missing piece for understanding the complex ways in which the war both destabilized and restored certain versions of social order.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winchell, Meghan K
- Dewey number
- 940.53082
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D810.E8
- LC item number
- W56 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Gender and American culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- United Service Organizations
- United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- World War (1939-1945)
- United Service Organizations (Etats-Unis)
- United Service Organizations <USA>
- Soldiers
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Women
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Women
- Soldiers
- War work
- Women
- Women
- United States
- femme
- Frau
- Weltkrieg <1939-1945>
- USA
- Label
- Good girls, good food, good fun : the story of USO hostesses during World War II, Meghan K. Winchell
- Note
- "A Caravan book"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- To make the boys feel at home : senior hostesses and gendered citizenship -- The loveliest girls in the nation -- Wartime socializing -- Nice girls didn't, period : junior hostesses and sexual service -- Courtship and competition in the USO dance hall
- Control code
- ocn221141630
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807832370
- Lccn
- 2008017085
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o221141630
- (OCoLC)221141630
- Label
- Good girls, good food, good fun : the story of USO hostesses during World War II, Meghan K. Winchell
- Note
- "A Caravan book"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- To make the boys feel at home : senior hostesses and gendered citizenship -- The loveliest girls in the nation -- Wartime socializing -- Nice girls didn't, period : junior hostesses and sexual service -- Courtship and competition in the USO dance hall
- Control code
- ocn221141630
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807832370
- Lccn
- 2008017085
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o221141630
- (OCoLC)221141630
Subject
- Frau
- History
- Soldiers -- Recreation
- Soldiers -- Recreation -- United States -- History
- USA
- United Service Organizations (Etats-Unis) -- guerre mondiale 2
- United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- United Service Organizations -- US
- United Service Organizations <USA>
- United States
- War work
- Weltkrieg <1939-1945>
- Women
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States
- femme -- soldat | spectacle et divertissement | Etats-Unis. Armée -- guerre mondiale 2
- 1900-1999
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