American Girl Dolls
This is not exactly related to my grandparents but it does have to do with femininity in history! I wrote this for the Huffington Post: American Girl: How Radical Can a $105 Doll Be?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/molly-rosner/american-girl-dolls_b_3159611.html
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Confronting Censorship
The final installment of my posts on the Brooklyn Navy Yard Blog has gone up!
Check it out here:
http://bldg92.org/blog/confronting-censorship-1/
Second Navy Yard Blog Post
My second post is now on the Brooklyn Navy Yard Blog, check it out!
http://bldg92.org/blog/use-v-mail-its-patriotic/
Brooklyn Navy Yard Blog Post
The first of a series of blog posts that I wrote for the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been posted. Happy Women’s History Month!
http://bldg92.org/blog/investigating-womens-letters/
Advice to Letter Writers
Some Advice from Ladies’ Home Journal about what to put in a letter to “Your Men In Uniform” – March 1943
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center
My parents went to see Sylvia’s letters on display @BLDG92 – the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center. The whole center is beautiful and engaging. Go there and support this great new site for exploring Brooklyn’s history!
Just like my mom did:
Knots of Love
This is a postcard that is currently on view at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center (@BLDG92)! Go see it in person!
Alex Rosner A.S.
Company 360 US N.T.S.
Sampson N.Y.
This one struck me funny. Well so far they thought [sic] us only one knot probably they’ll teach us more later. My love to you and Baby. Alex
[Symbol] Means L, means love.
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I think this mass produced card speaks to a concern that was on a lot of people’s minds as they tried to navigate their roles in the war and at home. Here, the curvy lady stands at the sink doing dishes while the navy man sits baffled (did Alex draw sweat drops?) with the baby in his lap. He may know about being on a ship but the diaper is proving to be beyond him.
This card deciphers what the dots and lines and boxes at the bottom of various letters mean! A Google search reveals that “. — . .” is morse code! I think that’s a sweet new way that Alex and Sylvia found to say “I love you.” Happy early Valentine’s Day!
