Women (1920-45)

Question 1

when did women got the vote?

Answer 1

1920 19th ammendment

Question 2

how many women served in WW1?

Answer 2

90,000

Question 3

what allowed women to get jobs in the 20’s?

Answer 3

new tech like hoovers and washing machines

Question 4

how many more women were employed in 1930 than in 1920?

Answer 4

2 million

Question 5

who set up the 1921 american birth control league?

Answer 5

Maragret sanger

Question 6

who were flappers?

Answer 6

• challenged traditional roles of women by dressing and acting more freely (drinking and smoking)
• mainly rich upper class women

Question 7

what did the new deal do for women?

Answer 7

very little - mainly focused on imporoving economy

Question 8

how did the 1933 economy act effect women?

Answer 8

• forbade members of same family working in fed gov

- 75% of those who lost jobs were women

Question 9

what did the NRA codes allow?

Answer 9

unequal wages

Question 10

which agency banned women?

Answer 10

• CCC

- 8,000 employed in administrative roles

Question 11

how many jobs were filled by men by 1940?

Answer 11

90%

Question 12

why didn’t labour unions allow women?

Answer 12

thought they brought down wages

Question 13

how many women entered work force in 1944?

Answer 13

6.5 million

Question 14

how many women employed by end of war?

Answer 14

60%

Question 15

what was the expectation of women at the end of the war?

Answer 15

• women return to the homes

- most voluntarily left jobs in 1945

Question 16

what could happen to women once married?

Answer 16

could be dismissed from their job

Question 17

how many women were domestic servants by 1930?

Answer 17

700,000

Question 18

how many women were dentists and accountants by 1930?

Answer 18

150 and 100