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Queen Latifah is pictured in a power stance on the cover of her album "All Hail the Queen." She is dressed in mostly black, including a black a headscarf and golden stripes on her sleeves.

Erykah Badu is pictured in the cover art of her album "Erykah Badu: Live" in a white headscarf with intricate jewelry adorning her chest as black and yellow butterfly wings sprout from her back.

India.Arie stuns in the album cover for "Testimony: Vol. 1, Life and Relationships." Adorned in bright colors, India.Arie is posed with her skirt in the wind and her guitar poised on her hip.

The woman in this ad is seen riding in a shoe, emphasizing her consumerism and materialism. She is also being held by two black men. This shows that women in this time were superior to that of a black man.

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Women in the 20s were represented within the confines of the home and their tie to motherhood was emphasized. This ad emphasizes the mother as the chief caregiver and interacting agent of the family.

In the 30s, women were represented within the confines of the home, but were represented in a position inherently less powerful than men. This ad represents the nation that men were the martial party that held superiority and women were subjected to…