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1.3 POSITION OF WOMEN 1917-1980, BEFORE, DURING, AFTER, na_5d91d16798142,…
1.3 POSITION OF WOMEN 1917-1980
IMPACT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ON WOMEN
Before the FWW women were struggling to get the right to vote.
The War gave them a chance to work, but they were paid less than men.
-After the War the 19th amendment was passed which gave women the chance to vote.
in 1920 the League of Women's voters was set up to increase women registration.
However, many women were influenced by husbands and black women did not vote.
FLAPPER MOVEMENT
IMPACT OF ROARING TWENTIES ON WOMEN
When the war ended there was an expectation that Women should return to housewives and not take employment away from men.
The changing industries from the boom created more office jobs like "typing pools"
A Women's Bureau of labor was set up in 1920 to try and improve working conditions and employment for women.
Between 1910 and 1940 number of working women went from 8.3% of population to 9.8%.
The lives of single white women were open to most change from the boom. As married women has been barred from jobs like teaching.
IMPACT OF Great Depression ON WOMEN
During the depression many women had to start working in order to supplement husbands income.
A 1932 Women's labor bureau reported that 97% of women in slaughtering and meat packing were the only wage earner in the family.
Some argue that the women's labour bureau hindered the progression of Women as it tried to push for max 10 hour working day.
The domestic and farming industries did not have these regulations.
Women who did not have a job had to apply for relief programmes and they were flung in the migrant labour markets to do back braking work.
-Mexican and Black American women had to compete in the migrant labour market for poor wages.
IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL ON WOMEN
The New deal provided aid for families with dependent children, but men came first in new deal policies.
For example- Civilian conservation corps was a work programme for men ages 17-23 and they lived in army-run camps. 2.5 million men were employed.
Eleanor Roosevelt wanted to recreate something similar for women in forestry. 1933, camp Tera was set up for women and in 1936 camps were federally funded taking 5,000 women a year. Originally they were funded by private donations, but after the White House conference for unemployed.
However, they only took women for 2 or 3 months and provided no work or wages: their only training was in budget management.
Black women benefitted the least from the New Deal as they were edged out of jobs by desperate whites. For every dollar a white man earned a White women earned 61 cents and black women 23 cents.
Fannie Peck set up Housewive leagues in Detroit in 1930 to give local support to women.
BEFORE
DURING
AFTER
-These were young girls who dressed provocatively, cut hair short drank in public
-They went to male dominated sporting events and drove alone.
-They went to jazz clubs and speakeasies alone.
The impact they had was changing the perception of women.
