Friday Finds April 2018
Betty Reid Soskin is 96 years old and works at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II National Park that memorializes the experiences of women workers during World War 2. In this article, she speaks about how Rosie the Riveter didn’t speak to all women’s experiences in WW2. LOVE this quote: “What gets remembered is determined by who is in the room doing the remembering.”
How Girl Scout cookies are made.
Women in Hollywood’s past who were leaders– many names I’ve never heard before.
Saving the history of cosmetics, beauty products, and fragrances at the Smithsonian.
The afterlife of movie wardrobes after production is done.
Funny movie quotes from the past 40 years that have become part of our everyday conversations/language.
What a compassionate, open-minded judge: teens who graffitied a historic building with racist symbols and words were ordered to read a book related to racism, Holocaust, etc.
Life By Kristen 