6. The Great Depression and New Deal

Question 1

Small amount of progress made in professions by women in 1920s =

Answer 1

reversed by depression

Question 2

Depression made position worse

Answer 2

Pressure was increased that women should not ‘steal jobs’ from men

Question 3

As women worked for less they were often employed in preference to men by companies hard hit and anxious to reduce costs
Number of women workers increase in 1930s from

Answer 3

11.7% to 15.2% of total workforce

Question 4

some areas married women found it more difficult =

Answer 4

some states stopped married women from taking jobs in any publicly run institutions

Question 5

Although progressive legislation made more equal pay levels mandatory HOWEVER

Answer 5

problems enforcing this were considerable

Question 6

Unions put interests of male members

Answer 6

first