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In Considering Doris Day, author Tom Santopietro writes, The Ballad of Josie is "the most overtly feminist film of Day's entire career, it plays like a 1967 non-musical version of 1953's Calamity Jane."
"As happened so often in late Doris Day movies, the film gets off to a bad start , with a horrible title song, courtesy of the usually brilliant Frank Sinatra arranger Don Costa. The tune, which is sung by frequent Barry Manilow collaborator Ron Dante, comes complete with simpering lyrics that extol Josie's spunk. All of this is accompanied by some very strange stop-action title credits, but with this silliness out of the way, The Ballad of Josie settles in and makes an often fascinating feminist statement."
When Josie wants to raise cows on her ranch, Peter Graves, character, Jason Meredith laughs at the idea of a woman raising cows. He tells Josie that such behaviour is not proper. Josie responds instantly, "I don't want TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I AM STRONG, ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. Don't tut-tut me" This is more of an overtly feminist statement than what is found in many of the supposedly radical films of the late 1960's and Josie in some ways plays like a late-nineteenth century precursor of the independent career women Day essayed on film in the late 1950's and early 1960's.
The Ballad of Josie deserves to be looked at again. Doris Day preceded the feminist revolution that was about to take place in Hollywood films. Doris has always been a feminist and represents women as confident, strong, intelligent and kind.
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