Law
Married women who worked to buy luxury items. This quickly became a negative stereotype for all working married women.
Who were pin money workers?
The thought or idea that women are worth or provide less than men.
What is Misogyny?
Being a teacher, or working in a fabric factory.
What was the most common career/job for women?
Worker of the house, main provider.
What was a mans expected role in a family?
Worker of the house, main provider.
The first female Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris?
There was several laws the federal government passed to stop married women from working.
What did they do to counter pin money worker?
The first women in the U.S Senate.
Who was Dixie Bibbs Gravely?
A women who worked only to buy expensive or luxury items.
What is a pin money worker?
Cook, cleaner, and caretaker.
What was the expectation of a women's roles in a family?
Cook, cleaner, and caretaker.
She is mostly known for her work in the U.S supreme court, but also co-founded the Womens Rights Projects and graduated top of her class at Columbia Law.
Who was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
In 1913
When were marriage and divorce laws put into place?
26 states
By the end of the 1960s, how many states had laws against married women working?
Any type of office, management, or STEM job.
What was a typical job/Career for a man?
How many types of dresses did women have?
A scientist known for her findings of uranium.
Who was Marie Curie?
Because of certain laws put into place to stop married women from working, which was a problem due to the financial instability at the time.
Why did marriage rates drop and divorce rates go up?
What happened to Dixie Bibb when she ran for senator?
She was heavily criticized for trying to continue her career by running for office
It went up by 24%.
How much did the women's employment rate go up?
The Smoot-HawleyTariff.
What is the tariff that was made that prohibited agriculture, stopping one of the only jobs woman could get?
The first African American women to travel to space.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
Many women lost their jobs do to it, and it prohibited agriculture
What was the impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs on men and women in Alabama?
It adds to the idea that one human is less then another just because of their biology.
Why is misogyny a problem?
A lack of funds, discouragement of taking on other classes besides liberal arts, and rejection from leadership positions.
What was a struggle of women who wanted to attend college?
Over the calf socks, suit jackets
What was one thing men wore that was different that they wore in the 1930s?
A mathematician who worked for NASA, known for her work on emergency return landings specifically on Apollo 11 and 13.
Katherine Johnson