Society and Culture in change, 1917-80 Flashcards
How did WW1 change the position of women between these years?
The war gave them a chance to work, despite wage gap.
After the war, many were sacked to open up jobs for the returning men.
19th Amendment.
The league of women voters set up in 1920.
Many poorer women either didn’t vote or were heavily influenced by their husbands.
How did the roaring twenties change the position of women between these years?
Economic boom, consumer goods cheaper and easier to produce.
Women’s war work only, return to normal life.
Married women that needed to work were obliged to work from home on low wages.
Changing industries, more jobs for women in offices.
A women’s bureau of labour set up in 1920.
7,640,000 (1910) to 13,007,000 (1940) rep. of no. of women working
‘last hired, first fired’
How did the flappers change the position of women between these years?
Shift publish perceptions.
Only a small percent of the female population.
How did the great depression change the position of women between these years?
Well-off people managed best.
Women had one of two roles, looked after the family or created income.
Women’s bureau of labor reported that 97% workers as the only wage earner in the family.
The WBL was often ignored as it was believed to hinder progression when it pushed for legislation change.
Labor regulations applied to industrial work not to farming or domestic service.
How did the new deal change the position of women between these years?
Men came first to the policy on unemployment and working conditions.
Eleanor Roosevelt, set Camp Tera in 1933 and then another 35 of them for women.
Black women were edged out of even the worst jobs by the desperate whites and they often earned less.
(WM, $1 & WW, 61cents & BW 23cents)
Fannie Peck, series of housewives leagues in Detroit 1930.
How did WW2 change the position of women between these years?
Women showed they can do men’s work just as well, ROSIE THE RIVETER
Selective training and service act, included women
16% of married women worked due to lack of free childcare
1941 Lanham acts, extended childcare
Marries women in wf rose from 15-23
When was the women league of voting set up?
1920
What was the U.S. Constitution that granted American women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
In 1940 how many working women were their compared to 1910?
7,640,000 (1910) to 13,007,000 (1940) rep. of no. of women working
What % did the women’s bureau report to work as the single incomer for the family?
97%
Why was the women’s labor bureau often ignored?
Was seen to hinder progression but instead it was pushing for legislation.
What did Elanor Roosevelt do for the New deal?
Created camps for the women as the policy didn’t apply to them.
What act was set up in 1941?
The Lanham act, for childcare
Who was Betty Friedan and what did she do?
She was a journalist and psychologist that published the book: The Feminine Mystique in 1963. About the controversy of suburban life that spurred some women to organise themselves and work more.
Founder of NOW, add pressure to congress through meetings help, petitions, educated ppl on politics.
Gains and limitations of the women’s liberation movement…
LBJ, 1967, executive order calling for affirmative action to improve employment conditions.
1970, very few states allowed abortion.
1972, ‘Eisentadt&Baird case’ allowed access to contraception for all women’s relationship status.
1972, equal rights act passed as an amendment.
1979, DID NOT SIGN united nations act to introduce non-discrimination against women in all aspects of life
How many working women were discriminated against in access or training, work and promotion?
1 in 3 working women
The civil right act was extended to what in what year?
sexual equality, in 1964
Who rejected the opposition movement of the women’s liberation movement? And why?
conservatives of all kinds, saw it to be ‘un-americanness’ of its demands and the abandonment of tradition.
When did the liberation movement loose support?
in the 1960s
What was ‘STOP ERA’?
a group set up by Phyllis Schlafy in 1972 to campaign against certain demands in the civil rights act
Who were the young radicals?
Members prodominatly under 30, white middle class, college educated. They raised the issue of womens equality within black american civil rights groups ot radical groups.
