1. What was new information for you about women and the Great Depression in the United States? Provide examples and quotations and share this new understanding about women’s lives (may be about a specific group).
2. List three essential understandings (different from above) about the Great Depression and women that all Americans should know. Explain one of them clearly to a friend/housemate/family member who hasn’t seen the video documentaries or done the reading assigned this week, provide concrete and specific examples from films and our readings.
Week Ten Readings and Videos: Women and the Great Depression
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The Great Depression and the rise of female employment: A new hypothesis
(Read the abstract and the conclusion for sure. Read more if you are interested in how economists do historical labor force analysis. Note the qualitative survey included. (article)
Andriana Bellou, Emanuela Cardia, The Great Depression and the rise of female employment: A new hypothesis, Explorations in Economic History, Volume 80, 2021, (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl e/pii/S0014498320300851) Accessed 10/20/24
With Babies and Banners (youtube video)
Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb, Lorraine Gray, With Babies and Banners, Women’s Labor History Film Project, 1978
Freedom Bags (video)
Stanley Nelson, & Elizabeth Clark-Lewis (Producers), & . (1991). Freedom Bags. [Video/DVD] Filmakers Library. https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/fr eedom-bags
Women and the Great Depression (article AND primary sources–3rd tab.)*
Susan Ware, American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction, 84-85, 90-95.
Women and the Great Depression, Women’s Remedial History Project
Susan Ware, American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction,
* Please note that the brief quotation only primary sources are not good candidates for PSA #2.
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