Women+in+the+1930s

By, P.J. B. Justin H., Steve H. Blake M.
 * __WOMEN IN THE 1930s__**

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 * 1) Women's Suffrage (1920's)
 * The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote
 * Gave Political and economic reform, which gave equality for women
 * property ownership
 * payment of tax
 * 1) Women in the Workforce
 * By the 1930's 24.3% of women were employed
 * 3 out of every 10 of these women were domestic or personal services
 * 3/4 women working were school teachers or nurses
 * 1937 there was the first mainly women sit-down involving 4,000 women
 * women were fighting for better working conditions
 * Employers were looking for more women entering the workforce
 * Women were willing to work for cheaper wages then men
 * Women would be forced to work in harsher conditions then men
 * 1) Eleanor Roosevelt's Role in the Advancement of Women
 * She was instrumental in the fight for woman suffrage
 * She participated in the Red Cross during WWI
 * Created National Youth Administration
 * important for so many families
 * Provided financial aid to students
 * 1) The Role of the Upcoming War (WWII-1940's)
 * WWII changed the social status and working lives of women
 * Most men needed to go to war
 * Women needed to fill in for men
 * Building ships
 * Aircraft
 * Vehicles
 * Weaponry
 * Women accomplished their jobs
 * Working in factories
 * Farms
 * providing logistic support for soldiers
 * entering professional area of work
 * Women were once discriminated
 * 1) Prominent Women of the Time Period
 * Many important women in this time period helped push forward the progression of women
 * Jane Addams
 * Won Nombel Peace Prize for her work in Chicago helping the poor
 * Amelia Earhart
 * Flew across the Atlantic
 * First woman ever to do so
 * Frances Perkins
 * The first US Cabinet Member
 * Hattie Wyatt Caraway
 * First woman elected to the US senate


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