Title: Feminism in 1920s to Modern Day - THe Girls of Gatsby
Headings: 
THe Girls of Gatsby
FEMINISM IN THE 1920s TO MODERN DAY
Women at Home
Marital Status
Women's Political Life
Women's Fashion
Women at Work
How Does all of this Relate to The Great Gatsby?

Content: Women at Work
Because of the attitude that husbands should only have jobs, women worked at outside jobs. Cotton mills employed a few nurses, teachers, and social workers to staff social and educational programs. These mills did not hire black women, however, because of segregation. As a consequence, white millworkers often hired black women as domestic and child-care workers. Public acceptance of wage-earning jobs for young unmarried women was growing. No longer being limited to work as “mill girls” or domestics, these women began to perform retail work in shops and department stores. It became acceptable for working girls to live away from their families. Some young married women worked until they had children. Working for wages gave women independence, and by 1930 one in four women held a paying job. The "Rosie the Riveter" poster was initially created to enlist women in the work force.