THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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weakened the notion that a woman’s proper place was in the home
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saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women
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affected service and clerical positions held by women more than they affected jobs in heavy industry
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led the federal government to make it illegal for married women to work outside the home
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forced most women out of the labor force
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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. economy shrank by a third from the beginning of the Great Depression to the bottom four years later. Real GDP fell 29% from 1929 to 1933. The unemployment rate reached a peak of 25% in 1933. Consumer prices fell 25%; wholesale prices plummeted 32%.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women’s roles in 1930’s America were still mostly domestic. They were typically in charge of home management and social duties, while men were usually the breadwinners.
Detailed explanation-3: -For millions of American men who lost their jobs during the Great Depression, the loss of the ability to provide for their families posed a direct threat to their sense of manhood. It was bad enough for a man’s ego to be unable to provide; it was worse for him to become dependent on a woman.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lasting almost 10 years (from late 1929 until about 1939) and affecting nearly every country in the world, it was marked by steep declines in industrial production and in prices (deflation), mass unemployment, banking panics, and sharp increases in rates of poverty and homelessness.