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Women in popular culture.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Riot Grrrl zine and music collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8125
Abstract

A collection of more than 250 Riot Grrrl-related zines along with original cassette tapes and seven-inch singles from Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Skinned Teen, and others bands who pioneered the movement and its sound. Topics of the zines span across queer culture, punk rock, sexual politics, the gay skinhead movement, skate culture, feminism and gender roles, covering a wide geographical area from the late 1980s through the 1990s.

Dates: circa 1989-1997.

Valentine collection

 Collection
Identifier: 7718
Abstract

A variety of commercially produced postcards and greeting cards for the occassion of Valentine's Day, February 14. Included are clapsaddle postcards (one with a girl making a quilt reads "St. Valentine's Greeting, Woman's sphere is in the home"); three-dimensional German cards from the early 1900's; and valentines from the 1960's through 1980 saved by Gladys Coughlan, a woman in Alberta, Canada.

Dates: [ca. 1900-2004]