Regional Differences
This region expected women to dress modestly and focus on home life.
The South
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
The 19th Amendment
White women were described as the manager of this.
This show symbolized a new ideology and standard for women after WWII.
“Mrs. Miniver”
This was the most traditional role for women.
Housewife/mother
This TV show represents suburban family life in the Western states.
Leave It to Beaver
This act allowed married women to own property separately.
The Married Women’s Property Act
Many Black women were forced into this because of low income.
The workforce
This actress played the noble matriarch in “Mrs. Miniver.”
Two acceptable “small jobs” were teacher and this profession.
Nurse
This term describes the 1950s family ideal mentioned in Northern urban areas.
the “Nuclear Family”
Many laws treated a married woman’s legal identity as merged with this person.
Her husband
These laws limited voting rights regionally.
Voting laws
This character rejected the passive domestic role.
Scarlett O’Hara
Education for women was sometimes viewed as this.
Selfish
In the Midwest, most labor was connected to this industry.
Agriculture or farming
Married women were often barred from independent contracts, property control, or this legal action.
Lawsuits
This practice targeted minority women and limited reproduction.
State-sanctioned sterilization
Scarlett showed “masculine” survival traits such as pride and this.
Some women were forced into this because of low income.
Workforce
In the Midwest, what did most racial prejudice stem from? (Hint: Not the law)
Social norms
Even after suffrage, women still faced political inequalities during this decade.
The 1950s
Black women often lacked this when wronged.
Redress
Miss Miniver symbolized a transition back to this type of life.
Family life
Women who publicly challenged inequality were rare and called this.
Protesting activists