Title: Women in the Workforce During the Great Depression | World History
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Women in the Workforce During the Great Depression
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Content: 3] On the other hand, manufacturing businesses, where most women were employed, were not affected as much as the big ones. Women had more wages in teaching, nursing, domestic service, and office work. [ 4] Although women mostly depended on men-wage earnings before the Depression hit, they were compelled to look for job for the survival of their family. Though many women had not worked before, the economic condition forced women to go out and became the breadwinners of the family since their husbands lost their jobs. Women weighed their responsibilities and attitudes of their family and the difficulty of finding work. The decision whether to work or not depended on women. [ 5] Working lessened the responsibilities of women- wives and mothers- inside their households. [ 6] Many women- poor, single, immigrant- considered work as necessity. [ 7] While more women went out to work, discrimination against married women generated. During the Depression, the public did not appreciate that more married women were at work.