This item may be under copyright protection contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. This black and white comic book is 20 pages and measures 28 x 22 cm. ![]() Like many Warner Brothers films of that era, Marked Woman was based on fact. A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during. The cover image is a photo reproduction featuring the main character of the story, Gloria, who has dark long hair with a thought bubble above her head, "SIDA (AIDS)." She becomes infected with the AIDS virus after having sexual relations with a man who refuses to use a condom. In Marked Woman (1937), Bette Davis plays Mary Dwight, a 'nightclub hostess' (a 30's-movie euphemism for prostitute) who is persuaded by crusading prosecutor Humphrey Bogart to testify against her mobster boss (Eduardo Ciannelli). The comic book uses real photographs instead of illustrations. This image represents the 2 covers of the comic book, "La mujer marcada" and "Marked woman," an AIDS education tool in Spanish and English. A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster. Subject(s): Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - transmission Condoms Safe Sex Genre(s): Ephemera Graphic Novels Abstract: San Antonio, Texas : H.A.C.E.R., Hispanic AIDS Committee for Education and Resources, ![]() Hispanic AIDS Committee for Education and Resources (San Antonio, Tex.), issuing body. Tannen uses her observation during a conference meeting of four women and eight men to analyze how each woman in the meeting was marked while men were not. Marked woman: the tragedy of a modern woman In the Article marked women, Deborah Tannen explains the social way of judging women by their appearance or other factors, but not judging men for the same reasons. Collection: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) Alternate Title(s):
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