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[[title/short::Lost Superheroines of the Pre-Code Era]]
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* '''when''': [[when posted::2014-04-14]]
* '''author''': [[author::Saladin Ahmed]]
* '''source''': [[site::Tumblr]]
* '''topics''': [[topic::feminism]] [[topic::erasure of women]]
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* '''link''': [[URL::http://saladinahmed.tumblr.com/post/82626247806/before-batgirl-weirder-than-wonder-woman-lost]]
* '''title''': [[title::Before Batgirl, Weirder than Wonder Woman: Lost Superheroines of the Pre-Code Era]]
* '''summary''': [[Summary::"As I discussed in an earlier post, pre-[[Comics Code]] comic books are full of fascinating women superheroes who've been more or less [[erased women|forgotten]] in the decades since WWII. Born in the era of Rosie the Riveter, when there was a national campaign to get women into workplaces, these costumed heroines were brassy, hard-assed, snarky, and sometimes just plain weird. They displayed remarkable grit and independence, and were portrayed as better crime-fighters than the inept, sexist cops that got in their way."]]

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