Vintage Women’s History (1920s-1960s)
Over my years as a vintage blogger, I have spent many of them writing about Women’s History to help enhance all that women have done for this world. Here is a collection of those posts. Enjoy!
WOMEN OF THE BIG BAND ERA
- Women of the Big Band Era that Everyone Should Know
- Women of the Big Band Era Everyone Should Know-Part 2
- Women of the Big Band Era Everyone Should Know-PART 3
- Women of the Big Band Era Everyone Should Know-Part 4
- Women of the Big Band Era Everyone Should Know: MAXINE SULLIVAN
- Bea Wain-Star Singer of the Big Band Era
- The Blonde Bombshell of Rhythm-Ina Ray Hutton
- Ruth Lowe-The Canadian Gal Behind “I’ll Never Smile Again”
- Blanche Calloway-1930s Jazz singer, bandleader, and Composer
WOMEN OF WORLD WAR 2
- 1940s Vintage Images of Canadian Women In Military Uniforms During WW2
- 1940s Magazine Covers of Women Doing Their Part During WW2
- Vintage Photos of Women of WW2: How Women Joined the War Effort
- Vintage Photos of Canadian Women on the Home Front during WWII
- The Bomb Girls Of Scarborough, Ontario Canada-As Seen Thru Vintage Photographs from the 1940s
- The Halifax, Nova Scotia Women Volunteers of WW2
- The Canadian “Rosie the Riveter”-Veronica Foster
- Canada’s WW2 Home Front Effort: The Small Arms Inspection Building
- “The Battle of the Nylons” A look into Canadian Women’s Life, Post WW2
- Lets Play Ball! The All-American Girls’ Professional Baseball League
- “WW2 Air Force Uniforms for Canadian Women”-Guest Blog Post
MISCELLANEOUS WOMENS HISTORY
- Vintage Accounts on Instagram to Follow that are run by Women of Colour (WOC)
- Vintage Canadian Beauty Pageants
- Miss Toronto Pageant-The Early Days
- 1940s Real Life Women’s Hairstyles
- 1928-Canada’s First Female Olympic Medalists
- The Women of Canada’s Heritage Minutes: 1900’s to the 1940’s
- A Peak Into My Vintage Collection- Early 1950s Nancy Drew Books
- Behind the Scenes Interview with ‘The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress’
- Chatelaine-The Canadian Magazine for Women since 1928
CLASSIC MOVIE STARS, DANCERS, FASHION DESIGNERS & MORE
- Jinx Falkenburg-1930s and 1940s “Did It All” Girl
- Anna May Wong-The First Asian-American Movie Star
- Mary Pickford-“Canada’s Sweetheart” of the Silver Screen
- Jean Veloz-Icon of the Swing Dance Community
- Deanna Durbin-A Canadian Born, 1940’s Movie Star
- Irish Movie Actresses of the 1940s and 1950s
- Ruth Brown -The R&B Singer Who Built Atlantic Records
- Janis Martin-The Female Elvis
- Wanda Jackson-The Queen of Rockabilly
- Eleanor Collins-Canada’s First Lady of Jazz
- Who is Dawn Hampton? 15 Awesome Facts about Dawn
- Guest Post: “An Ode to Patsy Cline’s Fashion” by Adrienne of Nostalgiaville
- Juli Lynne Charlot-The Creator of the Poodle Skirt
- “Katy Keene”- America’s Illustrated Queen of Pin-Ups and Fashions
- Clare Potter-Trend Setting 1930s-50s American Fashion Designer
- Edith Head-Costume Designer Extraordinaire!“
- Happy 90th Birthday to Queen Elizabeth the II