Roaring 20s into depression

Question 1

economic boom stats

Answer 1

women entering clerical work, new automated industry, 2 million more recruited

female unions membership increased by 800,000 but most of these unions were white-exclusive

Question 2

consumer, flapper

social change in 20s

Answer 2

boom in consumer goods following war propserity, eased home life labour

new generation of young white mc women characterised by sexually promoscious look, known as ‘flappers’ break victorian constraints but sexually objectified and marriage remained the main goal

Question 3

issues with roaring 20s

Answer 3

when thinking about EM and AA women, subject to racial discrimination and Mexican women still hard labour and wages given to husband

women barred from male spheres e’g medicine, after education

Question 4

Bryn Mawr School

Answer 4

founded by AA woman 21 to help WC women teaching them dometic skills but importantly labour laws too

Question 5

and backstreet abortion stat

Sanger

Answer 5

after arrested for attempts in 1916, reopened first legal birth control clinic in the 20s, est the American Birth Control League to advocate for contraceptive legislation, which had 30,00 members but reached on 8 states

still est. 1 million backstreet abortions each year

Question 6

Depression and impact

Answer 6

any growing prospect for married women in the workforce, reversed, those not unemployed, encouraged to leave jobs, open them to men and 26 state attempted to ban married women from working, shows both political and social attitude and state level

yet trade union membership trebled for women

Question 7

Repealing Prohibition

Answer 7

prohibition introduced new culture of violence and organised crime. women galvanised in WONPR in similar tactics as before and by 1931 had 1.5 million members. women proving great emotive oriators

relentlessly lobbied and pressured congressman, used properganda exposing evils of prohibition, huge success often main attributed cause of 21st amendment passed, reppealing prohibition in 33

again able to galvanise because it was a conservative cause within their sphere, once either amendment is made there is no effort to continually pursue CR or wc women conditions