WOMEN IN THE 30'S

SOCIAL INEQUALITY

• The view of women overall was that society thought they belonged doing work in the house or anything lacking independence.
• This absence of equality then led to many acts by those who supported them in order to gain the lack of evenhandedness.

INEQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE

• Throughout the Great Depression women struggled to have equal job opportunities.
• Men worked higher paying jobs in construction and corporate jobs while women received lower positions in sewing rooms and women of color were paid even less.

WOMEN IN THE GOVERNMENT

• Women who sought out government assistance during the '30s we frowned upon and seen as taking money away from more deserving men.

WOMEN DURING THE WAR

• Before the war women were supposed to be dedicated to the domestic lifestyle. But once men enlisted in war, their roles were to take over traditional male roles and work force.
• Rosie the Riveter was used as a cultural figure of female independence and representation of working women in America.

FIGHT FOR EQUALITY

• Many women who believed that they deserved rights just like men involved themselves in peaceful protests, marches, and other forms of trying to gain equality.