arabera lara smith 6 years ago
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The progressive era (1900 - 1918) was a movement to correct social, economic and political problem.
Initially men held a reluctant attitude to allow women to work. This reflected cultural norms at the time .
Rosie the Riverter campaign encouraged women to take on mens jobs but the employment was seen as temporary and ending after the war
Traditional gender roles were not seriously challenged
By 1947 women in the work force reduced by 10%
1945 at the end of the traditional work roles were reestablished
Marriage boom occurred in the 1940s women got married earlier and had an average of 3 kids
took up mens jobs in their absence
US women were not conscripted into the workforce, unlike France and Britain.
Many served as red Cross volunteers
Enabled women to serve in the Army
350 000 women served in the army
Majority of women were nurses
Female officers were unable to give men orders
1900 brought prosperity, control of earnings and having the custody of children after a divorce.
Found careers in nursing, social work, and education
1880 - 1910 women in work rose from 2.6 million to 7.8 million
By 1936 the NRA employed 460 000 women
NRA benefitted women by allowing them to join unions and for better working conditions
New Deal programs were only aimed at men
The Economy Act (1932) prohibited married women from having federal jobs
Divorse rates increased
Hostile towards working married women
August 8th 1920 they were officially given the right to vote
After vote women remained in feminised professions with less status
Flapper style became popular
Became empowered through the lifestyle
womens dresses became shorter they began to smoke, drink use cosmetics
