Peggy Olson: Part Catholic school girl, part career woman. She struggles to define her femininity through man's context as she fights her way up the career food chain. Starting out as a secretary in an advertisement agency, she now is a high-ranking copy writer, a great feat for a woman at this time. Peggy is one of the only characters ready for the change the 1960s will bring, despite her conservative upbringing in a Catholic Brooklyn family. In this foresight and modern thinking, we see her fashions change from 1950s secretary to 1960s career girl. Most of her clothes sport a bow of some sort, symbolizing that she's still a woman even though she's doing a man's job.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Mad Girl: Peggy
Peggy Olson: Part Catholic school girl, part career woman. She struggles to define her femininity through man's context as she fights her way up the career food chain. Starting out as a secretary in an advertisement agency, she now is a high-ranking copy writer, a great feat for a woman at this time. Peggy is one of the only characters ready for the change the 1960s will bring, despite her conservative upbringing in a Catholic Brooklyn family. In this foresight and modern thinking, we see her fashions change from 1950s secretary to 1960s career girl. Most of her clothes sport a bow of some sort, symbolizing that she's still a woman even though she's doing a man's job.
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