"'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children."
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Grace Slick in:Somebody to Love? A Rock-and-Roll Memoir, The New York Times, 1973
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