THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Society believed women could do the job better than men
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immigration rates increased
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There was a shift from manufacturing to agriculture.
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Women were needed because men were fighting in World War II.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Five million women entered the workforce between 1940-1945. The gap in the labor force created by departing soldiers meant opportunities for women. In particular, World War II led many women to take jobs in defense plants and factories around the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -American women were instrumental in the war effort during World War II. With ever-growing orders for war materials combined with so many men overseas fighting the war, women were called upon to work in ways previously reserved only for men.
Detailed explanation-3: -Several factors contributed to this rise. First, with the advent of mass high school education, graduation rates rose substantially. At the same time, new technologies contributed to an increased demand for clerical workers, and these jobs were increasingly taken on by women.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most women labored in the clerical and service sectors where women had worked for decades, but the wartime economy created job opportunities for women in heavy industry and wartime production plants that had traditionally belonged to men.
Detailed explanation-5: -They received less pay and some men looked down on them and felt they weren’t up to handling a “man’s job.” They often faced sexual harassment, long hours and dangerous working conditions.