Women In The 1930's

Essay #1 Over hundreds of years women have been through many trails and tribulations to maintain women’s freedom we have today. Expectations have escalated, and our standards are much higher then they used to be. The things women have gone through throughout the 1930’s has increased the respect woman and has resulted in equality. Women’s efforts showed that they were dependable, meticulous people that could make boundless contributions to society. Women just needed the chance to prove it. Women were expected to be housewives and searching for jobs was not the easiest thing to do during this time. The expectation to take care of the kids and prepare meals and keep the house clean was very prominent. Although, the women understood that work
Some, but fewer women had more significant jobs working as teachers, nurses, secretarial, trade, and transport or community services. Sadly, genders often divided jobs and it separated men and women’s responsibilities. Women seemed to be given less valued jobs and less compensation than men. The chances of advancement were extremely limited even if both men and women were performing the same duties and women still suffered the consequences of the lesser pay. As time went on, women were finally given more chances to work. The availability of jobs increased, and women were given more opportunities to choose from. Although, the jobs expanded the difference in hourly wages between men and women were still very far off. The difference in cultures had an affect on wages as well. Non-Angelo women were discriminated against the most when trying to find an occupation. “Women in Modern American” states that, “over 70 percent of all Asian workers and over 90 percent of all Latina and African American workers worked as domestics or in agriculture, while less than 40 percent of white female workers were so employed.” (88). During the 1920’s working in factories started to become available to non-white women but the variance in wages was still
Women began to establish romantic relationships with other women. During this time sex before marriage was forbidden, and the prohibitions were promoting separating between marriages. People began to wait until they were in their teens and early twenties to settle down and this was far from normal. The Civil War left many dead young men and increased the number of young women widows, which in turn left many single women. The death of husbands left woman feeling lonely which led women connecting with other women. By being with a woman it created a barrier that allowed young women the strength not to long for a man until after they were married. Women began to communicate through romantic letters and some even chose to live with each other indefinitely. These relationships often turned sexual, and later these women were called “lesbians.” Though, behaviors like this were kept undisclosed and concealed from society. Relationships like these were referred to as “Boston Marriages”, a wistful relationship that occurred between two females. Homosexuality began to rise and was highly frowned upon. Homosexuality was classified often as a mental illness. During this time woman began to put a halt on having children as it allowed for them to have more time for themselves. Birth control was also advancing during this time so the desire to not have kids could have been impacted by this advancement. This led women to do what