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Major Problems Chapter 12 Documents - Coggle Diagram
Major Problems Chapter 12 Documents
1: The
New York Times
Reports, "Destitute Women on Increase Here," 1932
Salvation Army reporting a 50% increase in applicants in the last month
applicants used to be largely working class women (factory), are now from all occupations/classes
2: Ann Marie Low Records Her Feelings About Life in the Dust Bowl, 1932
diary kept by young woman, record of her experience in the
dust bowl
describes trouble of taking care of her loved ones and day-to-day tasks, including agricultural ones, in the midst of the natural disaster
3: Dorothy Dunbar Bromley Comments on Birth Control and the Depression, 1934
describes need for birth control and obstacles to obtain it
"all children should be wanted"
struggle for couples to get by themselves in the depression, let alone with an unexpected baby
"the community cannot keep in health and decency the children that are here"
5: The New York Times Reports on "Indignant" Women Who "Seize" City Hall in Pleasantville, New Jersey, 1936
a group of women protesting in NJ outside of city hall
brought knitting needles and embroidery hoops
desperately seeking employment after being let go from sewing jobs for WPA sewing projects, after city no longer had funds for projects
6: Eleanor Roosevelt Applauds the Repeal of the Married Persons Clause of the Economy Act, 1937
act had called for the removal of a married woman from her employment if her husband earned enough in his to support her
argues that women do not only work to support their husbands/to make them happy, but for themselves, to support themselves, to stimulate their minds and bodies, and to gain and strengthen skills
7: Louise Mitchell Denounces the "Slave Markets" Where Domestics are Hired in New York City, 1940
describes conditions black women faced seeking employment in the depression
domestic jobs lacked security, ineligible for benefits or entitlements as outlined in The New Deal
"if they are lucky, they get 30 cents/hour scrubbing, cleaning, laundering, washing windows, waxing floors and woodwork all day"
8: Luisa Moreno Calls for the Naturalization of Non-Citizen Mexican Americans, 1940
decries discrimination against Mexican immigrants and calls for policies permitting their naturalization
"these people are not aliens. they have contributed their endurance, sacrifices, youth, and labor to the Southwest. Indirectly, they have paid more taxes than all the stockholders of California's industrialized agriculture."