Women in 1930s

Question 1

How were women treated in the 1930s

Answer 1

• seen as possessions
• had low status and few opportunities
• patriarchal society- widowed/ no married women would have rarely got jobs during the Great Depression as men were seen as more deserving

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Question 2

Which character offers Steinbeck the chance to describe how women were treated in the 1930s

Answer 2

-Curley’s wife

Question 3

Who is Curley’s wife and what was her dream

Answer 3

• had a dream to be an actress but due to her gender was powerless to pursue them
• now lives on ranch with curley