The new order to the Manila women
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Japanese invaded the Philippines and remained in the isles until 1945. This article was written approximately one year after the start of the Japanese occupation and the topic is, namely, how the Filipino housewife has accommodated to the new circumstances. This article focuses on the “average housewife” from the city of Manila.
Many families had to cut on expenses because of the war; therefore housegirls were no longer an option for them. Thus, the woman was left to do the household chores by herself: cooking, cleaning and taking care of the children.
Furthermore, women were also forced to find food substitutes and start their own vegetable gardens. In this way, there was an increased use of local or locally produced products such as rice flour, carabao milk butter, papaya and sweet potato.
Another problem the Manila women faced was the shortage of funds to acquire clothes. Women had enough clothes in their “pre-war” wardrobe; however, the children rapidly outgrew their clothes so women often recycled pillowcases to make t-shirts and took crocheting up again to create garments.
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Fecha
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1943-03-01
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Fuente
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Gamboa, Felicia L. “The New Order to the Manila Woman.” The City Gazette, vol. II, num. 5, March 1, 1943. P. 173-74. In Open Access Repository @ UPD.
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Idioma
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English
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Formato original
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Newspaper article
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Editor
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Item held at University of the Philippines Diliman and University of Antwerp VLIRUOS Rare Periodicals Open Access Repository
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Colaborador
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Georgiana Sara Negrutiu
