Unfair Pay For Women In The 1930's

During the 1930’s women were not being treat equal in society. The men of this era had control over the women and they treated them with no respect. In addition, they had to take lower paying rate than men. “Also, they had to work longer hours. Even though, women had to take a pay cut, they were still able to find a job. More than half of all employed women worked for more than fifty hours a week, and more than one-fifth worked for more than fifty-five hours. According to the Social Security Administration, women's average annual pay in 1937 was $525, compared with $1,027 for men.” The Depression caused women's wages to drop even lower, so that many working women could not meet basic expenses. In addition to having a low pay rate women had

The mostly common arguments about a married women having a job was that she should be at home taking care of the house. In response to women working their employer or the government laid them and they made it difficult for a women to very a decent paying job. "Section 213 of the 1932 Federal Economy Act prohibited more than one family member from working for the government, barring many married women from federal employment.” Jobs that were previously held by women was hit hard during the depression. “In 1930, 81 percent of teachers had been women; in 1940, 76 percent were women; the percentage of women librarians fell from 91 in 1930 to 86 in 1940.”Even though, the government put restrictions on a women enter the workforce, the Depression still caused many of them to find a job. They had to find a job in order to survive the depression because many of their husbands had either lost their job or took a pay cut. It is very clear that in the previous decade many of the women would have being at home and not in the

They was joining the work force taking jobs that was previous held by a man. Although, they had to work twice as hard to prove themselves. “The percentage of married women who worked rose from 11.7 in 1930 to 15.2 in 1940.” Some women were also secretaries, typists, switchboard operators, teachers, nurses, librarians, and social workers. There were some women doctors, though not as many as there are now. Women worked in journalism and in libraries. This employment increased their status and power in the home, gaining them a new voice in domestic decisions. “Almost eleven million women, or 24.3% of all women in the country, were gainfully employed. Three out of every ten of these women were working in domestic or personal services. Of professional women, tree-quarters were schoolteachers or nurses. Women in the 1930s entered the workforce at a rate twice that of