Title: Employment of Women in the 1930s. Due to the 1929 stock market crash, and… | by Corry Remy | The Thirties | Medium
Headings: Employment of Women in the 1930s
Employment of Women in the 1930s
Women Seeking Employment:
Discriminatory Laws Against Women Employment:

Content: Women and men had been socialized to see their roles differently: men were the breadwinners and women worked at home. However, when the Depression hit, men often became depressed and saw themselves as failures. Women, on the other hand, saw their roles increase and worked diligently to make ends meet. Of the female workforce, one-third of them were married. This is a fifty-percent increase from the 1920s. If women did not seek employment elsewhere, they would have used their own labor to account for what they would have previously purchased. For example, they would mend their own clothes rather than buying new ones. When Depression hit, women sought employment out of the house: nurses, school teachers, beauticians, cleaning ladies (maids/cooks), secretaries, and manufacturing occupations (sewing).