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• Why was female suffrage set up in the USA before WW1?

  Women didn't have the vote before world war one, and although the war meant women could work they were still paid less than men, when the war ended they were expected to give up any work to the returning men.

• When did Women get the right to vote?

  In the 19th Amendment, which was ratified on the 18th August 1920. Although many poor women did not vote, or voted the way that their husbands told them too. Very few black women voted.

• What was employment discrimination between 1917 and 1980?

  Women were paid less than men for doing the same jobs, and were still less likely to get a job than a man was. They were also more likely to be made redundant in a time of crisis. They were passed over for promotion in favour of men, and were unlikely to reach the higher up jobs due to the glass ceiling.Women were seen as unreliable and less committed than men and were given no credit for their ideas and intelligence. Also they were not given jobs because they may get pregnant and quit.

• How were women treated during the period of normalcy in the 1920's?

  society expected women to return to their roles in the home but their were new jobs available for single women, such as typists and shop assistants.

• Why was the Women's Bureau of Labour brought about?

  It was created in 1920 when the amount of women employed rose from 7.6 million to 13 million. (9.8% of the population)

• Who was the Gibson Girl?

  she was seen as the ideal figure that women should want to be in terms of attractiveness and femininity, but by the time the first world war broke out she was out of favour as women had moved with the times.

• What did the flappers do that was different from other women?

  They made the most of their freshly gained independence, they worked and cut their hair short, they wore short dresses and silk stockings, some smoke and drank in public and owned cars, some attended male oriented events without a male escort.

• How did the great depression affect women in america?

  many ended up as the sole breadwinner as the only person in employment in the family, it was hard to raise children in the economic circumstances.

• How did the new deal affect women?

  provided aid for families with dependent children, but men were still deemed a priority in the new deal. There were no alphabet agencies for women but 36 camps were set up to help unemployed women.

• What percentage of women worked in 1940?

  only 16% due to childcare problems, even though many were trained in the shipbuilding and aircraft assembly.