Women's Issues 1920-1930

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This paper looks at how the path to women's equality has always been a slow process and how the 1920s and 1930s were slower than most periods. It examines how women suffered as the economy headed south and women had not yet united to support causes such as the Equal Rights Amendment. It analyzes the small amount of headway women did make during these troubled times. Women began to advance a women's control over her reproduction and sexuality and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) brought sexism into the broader context of racial discrimination.

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"However, after the initial surge of support for women's rights with the passage of the 19th Amendment, feminist fervor diminished throughout the latter half of the decade and all but disappeared during the Depression. And with that reduced support for women's rights came a renewal of traditional belief that women belonged in the home, not in the workplace. The proposed Equal Rights Amendment rarely received positive mention and was far removed from public concern. And, during the Depression, society viewed working women as stealing jobs from men who needed them to support their families. The sexist request that women refrain from entering the realm of the employed to solve the men's unemployment problem came from labor unions, state and federal governments, and employers alike."

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