Pop Culture: Feminist Folk Songs
About two weeks ago, this gorgeous cover of Peggy Seeger’s I’m Gonna Be an Engineer showed up in my Facebook feed. The timing was perfect: I was talking about the women’s rights movement in my Introduction to American Politics students and Reina del Cid’s song was an excellent starting point for a discussion of the issues facing women in the workplace.
Listen to this song! It’s amazing!
I particularly love the Rosie the Riveter look Ms. del Cid has in this video. And the lyrics to this song are definitely the epitome of a Gritty Woman. It has definitely become one of my research anthems over the past two weeks and I’ve got it pinned to the top of my Facebook news feed so I can listen to it every morning while I am getting ready for work.
For more music by Reina del Cid, check out her website here.
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