Steps Forward: Flappers (MC women independence), 19th Amendment 1920 female vote, 1930: 2m more women employed than 1920, Clara Bow, Mary Pickford - female stars, Nellie Taylor Ross - Wyoming Governor 1925, Francis Perkins in FDR ND cabinet for Labor, Many more single women 1930s - independence, Womens jobs in 30s depression proof: nurses, teachers, Rosie the Riveter: icon of WW2, Women nearly 40% of workforce WW2, Domestic appliances = more leisure time, Steps back: 1933 Economy Act: only 1 family member in govt job, NRA codes permitted unequal pay, Unions opposed women WW2 work, Women earned 60% of male wage WW2, Equal Rights Amendement not passed 1920s, Anti-flirt Leagues & disgust for flappers, Rural women's lives changed little, More female degrees, few female Doctors,

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