Word: womanhood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Womanhood Disgraced...
...regard to your March 31 Radio & TV article concerning "big, bosomy, blonde" Dagmar: Don't you think humanity is immoral enough without a national magazine publishing cute little items and sayings of this disgrace to womanhood? Would it be too difficult to replace such copy with something more advantageous to the reader, instead of giving the latest on a girl who has yet to learn the art of dressing properly...
...movie's Texans, even the villains, keep their word of honor, respect womanhood and fight at the drop of a line of dialogue. When Gable and Crawford clash at the barricades before the Texas senate, mass slaughter breaks out. Then, at a word from the revered Houston (Moroni Olsen), the two leaders settle the issue in a fist fight, the ground suddenly clears of casualties, and both sides go off to fight the Mexicans...
...fool would know that was cold tea." He usually muffed, but never scorned such lines as: "Fear not, fair maid; by heavens, you are safe at last with Buffalo Bill, who is ever ready to risk, life and die if need be in the defense of weak and helpless womanhood." Then he stood blushing on the stage, "handsome as Apollo," while hundreds of fascinated men and boys rocked the house with wild applause...
Prosecutor W. Banks Horton argued that Ingram must have been trying to head her off, that young womanhood must be protected from "niggers." But Recorder Vernon, who is a farmer with no formal legal training, could plainly see that there was no ground for a charge of intended rape. If there were, the case would have to go before a superior court-and a jury. Instead, he found Ingram guilty of "assault on a female," and sentenced him to the maximum: two years of hard labor on the roads...