Women in the Great Depression
The 1920s was a time of optimism and energy, with a booming American economy that showed no signs of slowing, and no one realized that it was a bubble about to burst. The stock market crash came on “Black Tuesday,” October 29, 1929, when panicking investors sold an unprecedented 16.4 million shares of stock. The collapse touched every part of the economy. Factories closed. Businesses failed. Five thousand banks collapsed, wiping out the life savings of 9 million families. Many lost their homes. One in every three workers was either unemployed or on short hours and reduced wages. “While crops rotted in the fields…people starved in the cities. People wore threadbare clothing, while bales of cotton stood unsold…Thousands of shoe workers were laid off, while people walked the streets in cardboard shoes.” Elected president in 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt restored some hope and confidence in people. But despite his efforts to revive the economy through the New Deal, the Great Depression continued year after year. Only the mobilization of resources because of World War II pulled the United States out of its slump, and the economy finally regained its 1929 levels in 1941. But the Great D
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
War II, ROLE FAMILY, Black October, CONCLUSION Depression, Treasury Women, Eleanor Roosevelt, HARD TIMES, POLITICS Womens, Delano Roosevelt, Deal Depression, labor force, low wages, 1930s women, women workers, women believed, hard times, reduced wages, lose jobs, married women,
Approximate Word count = 884
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
