AFAM 2000H Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Miscegenation

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: African American Studies
• Course: AFAM 2000H
• Professor: Gardner

Document Summary

Black and white families from the era of slavery through the mid-twentieth century. Men could not provide for their families. Men could not stop the master from beating or raping their children. Women were taken from families and used for breeding. Women"s wombs belonged to their white master. Public life (business and politics) for men. Private life (child rearing and housework) for women. 2 events challenged masculine dominance over women: The great depression sent thousands of men to the unemployment line. World war ii and diminished their role as breadwinners. Women and children had to join men in helping make ends meet, forcing men to relinquish total control over family finances. overseas, so women had to pick up the slack in the u. White women who for centuries had been relegated to the home, marched to the factories to work in assembly line and contribute to the war effort. Sent a significant portion of the male workforce to fight.