Dawn Of A New Day Analysis

Written by Titus Brown, “Dawn of a New Day: The Effect of World War One on the Entrance of Black Women in Industry” delves into detail regarding the employment and work ethic of African-American women and their employers in the early 20th century. In the 20th century, a plethora of employment opportunities were quickly generated because of the sudden outbreak of World War I and in order for the U.S. economy to remain intact and stable during the severely financially draining war, employers searched high and low for cheap and manageable labor that was deemed crucial and necessary in order to keep abreast with the continuous demand of these manual labor tasks. Because of this sudden need for employees in these particular fields of work, many African-American women gladly jumped on these opportunities so that they can sustain themselves and provide the proper provisions for their families, but taking on these jobs had several drawbacks for these African-American women. Many of them were paid at a subordinate rate compared to their Caucasian counterparts due to the prejudice and racist attitudes that were held by their respective white employers who already had an unfair opinion of them due to their skin color. The conditions of their workplace were considered to be very egregious and abhorrent and they also were forced …show more content…
I personally find it unfair and bigoted that they were denied equal opportunities at their respective jobs and had to suffer through these adversities in the workplace, whether it’s the poor working conditions that they were forced to work in, being paid a lesser amount than their white co-workers, or being belittled and pre-judged by their employers when all they wanted to do was to provide for themselves and their family during a time when the economy was at a historic