A Lil Positive About The Great Depression

Question 1

What percentage of women’s employment increased between certain years during the Great Depression?
Also what years?

Answer 1

From 1930 to 1940 women’s employment actually increased by 24%

Question 2

What industries were actually doing well during the Great Depression?

Answer 2

• radio in 1920 one out of every 500 homes had a radio by 1930 half the population had a radio.
• military bases
• cigarette manufacturing