Women 1915-40

What did the Fair Labour Standards Act 1938 entail?

Which New Deal policy helped women with young families who couldn't work when there was no male head of the household, although it was mostly given to white women and forced the use of a humiliating process for this?Advanced rights for women to be recognised as provider in very limited sense.

Which act provided welfare benefits for poor families, which benefited married women but was not designed for them?

African Amercian and Mexican American women still suffered prejudice and discrimination, especially in rural areas despite the New Deal.

Which act gave political rights, training as domestic workers/seamstresses and promotion of native arts and crafts to Native women?

How did the New Deal advance women's rights?

When was the Women's Organisation for National Prohibition Reform created by Sabin?

Which Amendment was passed in 1917?

Which organisation had 150,000 members by 1890?

Which President began to support the end of prohibiton in 1932?

How many women were in industry 1917-18?

What percentage of Americans were opposed to women wrking in 1936, ignoring poor women who had to work to support their families during the Depression?

What do these figures (265,000-800,000) describe?

The Depression led to [blank_start]reduced[blank_end] opportunities for women due to [blank_start]mass male unemployment[blank_end]. Women lose jobs, but expected that those still in work would give up their jobs for men-harsh on families with [blank_start]female[blank_end] sole breadwinner. By the end of the [blank_start]30s[blank_end], women were drifting into employmet du to necessity rather than increased rights.

What does this prove about the Prohibition campaign? Moral arguments from WCTU outweighed those for personal freedom put forward by Molly Pitcher Club in 1922 Emotive image of WCTU Wide appeal-classwide-WCTU mostly working-class Act may have passed to attract female vote-19th Amendment about to be passed-had to pay attention to women's issues Drunkeness linked to crime and ause-letting this continue will fail to protect the home-powerful argument Removal-temperance would really protect the home as prohibition had failed-emotie in male-dominated politics

What does this prove about the prohibition campaign? Anti-Saloon League allied with Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1898-combined tactics and campaigns-9 states had prohibition laws by 1913 as a result ASL and WCTU used propaganda and pressure (lobbying tactics-gaining attention of politicians or peopleof influence to persuade them to back a case) to get amendment ratified 1919 Success of WONPR didn't need much alliancee but still succeeded-argues against Prohibition may have been caused by nativism, failure of wets and Germn ownership of breweries rather than actios of women's groups

What does this prove about the prohibition campaign? WCTU led by Willard-wider appeal through emotion and uniting purpose WCTU had 150,000 mmbers by1890-worked for ote so they couldvote for liqour ban WONPR had 1.5 million members (formed 1929) by 1931 Prohibition would inspire support alone-contentious issue WONPR-very successful leadership-highly organised Achieved two amendments-major change to the constitution Franklin supported end to prohibition 1932-own popularity may have undermined stand-alone success of women's movements More drank in 1920s than pre-prohibition

When was the 19th Amendment passed?

Boom Years Consumer goods seen as a luxury in Europe=readily available due to increased [blank_start]manufacturing[blank_end] [blank_start]Labour saving[blank_end] for married women-car, fridge, iron, vacuum cleaner on [blank_start]credit[blank_end]-impact on home lives-liberated from chores-didn't necessarily mean they spent more time outside the home, could have just spent more time with children Working class women in workforce went from 22.8% to [blank_start]28.8%[blank_end] Increased demand for secretaries, typists and filing clerks Opportunities in law and [blank_start]medicine[blank_end] still limited [blank_start]Wage[blank_end] discrimination-male resentment of female workers-seen as threat to male jobs and wages kept low while women were paid less [blank_start]Unions[blank_end] had limited impact-North Carolina 1929-strike killed 6 women 1930s-femalemembers of unions-265,000 to 800,000 Women's unions=white-AA and MA= [blank_start]no representation[blank_end]

What was established in 1921 by Sanger?

Who was Margaret Sanger?

What was the Women's Bureau 1920?

When was the Shepherd-Towner Act passed?

When did the Comstock Laws end?

Two cultural reforms during this period were the Flappers and the Roaring Twenties.

World War One Married women able to legitimately enter workplace-[blank_start]increased[blank_end] production creating demand fo labour 1917-replacing men at war New jobs for married women-[blank_start]heavy[blank_end] industry, driving [blank_start]streetcars[blank_end]-usually done by men-not as restricted to allowable work ie offices or teaching Didn't [blank_start]earn[blank_end] as much as men for same work Job opportunities for [blank_start]unmarried[blank_end] women and AA workers-ammo productio, goods and supplies from 1914 Didn't change accepted role of married women-expected to return [blank_start]hme[blank_end] when men returned-expected and accepted by majority of women themelves