USA Unit 3 (0.1) Flashcards
In the late 19th century what had several states given women the ability to do? Who led the Women’s party?
VOTE.
Alice Paul
Who did the Women’s Party copy the tactics of? What did they do?
-The British suffragettes.
-Picketed the White House and deliberately provoking arrests, after which they went on hunger strikes.
What did Chapman Catt, head of the National Suffrage Association, with a legacy of $1 million organise? Who’s legacy did Catt attain the money from?
-A campaign for female voting rights.
-Mrs Leslie, publisher of Leslie’s Weekly.
In what year did the House of Representatives pass the amendment to the constitution guaranteeing women the vote?
What year was this ratified? Did it revolutionise politics?
-1918
-Ratified in 1920 it did not result in a political revolution. Few women involved themselves in politics.
What did Alice Paul and the Women’s Party try to introduce into Congress in 1923?
What was the aim of this? Was it successful?
-An Equal Rights Amendment.
-The aim was to eliminate any remaining legal distinctions between genders.
-The proposed Amendment, however, failed to win Congressional approval.
What happened to the employment of women post WWI?
What did the USA’s booming economy in the 1920s ensure for women?
-The sharp increase in the number of women in the workforce during WWI declined after 1919.
-The booming economy of the 1920s ensured there was a steady increase in the number of employed women.
What foothold did women already have in the workforce by the 1900s?
What number of women worked in 1920? 1930?
What jobs did women take up?
By 1900, women already had at least a token foothold in most occupations.
-1920, some 8.2 million found work outside the home.
-1930 this had risen to 10.4 million.
-Most were concentrated in traditional female occupations: domestic servants, office workers, teachers and dressmakers.
How did women enjoy lifestyle changes in the 1920s?
-More women spent their leisure time at dance halls, in cinemas and at sports clubs.
-Women’s increased liberation was reflected in fashion. Corsets went out of fashion. Hemlines rose, hair became bobbed.
-Cosmetics became a growth industry.
Were Flappers over represented in the media?
YES. Young women who adopted the latest crazes and fashions, with shorter hair and skirts were fewer than the media suggested.
Who did Roosevelt appoint in 1933 as the first female Cabinet leader? Was Congress gender inclusive?
-Frances Perkins.
-NO. There was still very few women.
How did the Depression effect women in employment? What were the attitudes towards women working outside of home?
-The depression caused the loss of women workers.
-Many employers felt that men should be employed ahead of women.
Despite of patriarchal attitudes, how many women were employed in 1940? How much more than in 1930?
-13 million were in work by 1940.
-2.5 more than 1930.
Despite increases in the number of women working was their much change in the type of job occupation?
-NO. Many women still picked up stereotypical female jobs such as secretaries or working in bakery’s.
By the 1930s what had happned to the old code of marriage?
-It had developed into a code exalting love and companionship instead of the old patriarchal code.
