SOSC 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Denim, Market Failure, Clean House
23 Nov 2014
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Women"s paid and unpaid work in the great depression. Denise baillargeon, working for pay and managing household finances . 1 "giving all the good in me to save my children" in course kit. stigma, pride. Why did women insist on doing housework -fear of being lazy, didnt have a choice, it was their job, Women starved during the depression 1 meal a day to sacrifice. Pride for men to wear bought clothes. Also harder for women to make the mens clothes denim. Criticized for being in labour market moral argument feminine duty and respectability. Background of the 30s innovation alongside despair. 1929 stock market crash beginning of economic crisis globally. Massive unemployment international trade collapse exports to usa limited, job losses huge. Solution: usa, roosevelt new deal; job work projects; collective bargaining wagner act 1935 a time of. People buying and selling stocks to increase income, leads to overvaluation of stock. Farmers were a driver of the economy.
