Women In The 1930s
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24.3% of women in the country were gainfully employed.
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Out of every ten working women, three were in clerical or sales work, two were in factories, two in domestic service, one was a professional teacher or nurse, and one was a service worker.
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Women were working for reduced wages so they were hired faster than men.
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Most of the women worked more than 50 hours a week.
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It was believed that the women's place was in the home, and the "real work" should be left for the men.
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Private companies and the government dismissed women solely because they were married.
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In 1932 the government passed the Federal Economy Act, which prohibited more than one person in each household having a paying job.
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Society saw women as insignificant members of society.
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ROSIE THE RIVETER
WAS THE SYMBOL FOR WORKING WOMEN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
