This (2) DVD compilation features films about women in workforce during the 1940s and 1950s. Gender roles have evolved substantially since these films were made but the old gender biases run rampant through this collection. Women are portrayed as emotional, more troublesome workers, and pretty much relegated to secretarial work.

Included Content:

Office Etiquette

Length: 14 Minutes | Produced:1950

Office Etiquette follows a young woman on the first day of her new job. The film takes a hilarious look at some of the right, as well as some of the wrong things to do in the office setting. Most importantly, this vintage etiquette film highlights how you can use courtesy & proper manners to advance in the workplace while building functioning relationships with your co-workers.

Supervising Women Workers

Length: 10 Minutes | Produced:1944

Supervising Women Workers was one of the first real attempts to address the fact that women were taking over mens jobs during the manpower shortages of World War II. When Joe, a factory worker, admits to the boss that hes scared of his new female coworkers and doesnt know how to behave around them, his boss gives him a lesson on the female mind. According to the film, women were highly individualistic, jealous, slow to pick up on instructions, and not naturally familiar with mechanical principles. He also, among other things, warns Joe not to mix business with pleasure. Supervising Women Workers represents American businesses difficulty and confusion about how to deal with the problem of female workers, and ends up surfacing the rigid sexism and discrimination that was accepted at the time.