Why did Southern women have to maintain a specific social status to please their husbands? Women in the 1930s were judged about how they acted and what they wore. Why were women inferior to men? The way Southern Belles dressed and acted in the 1930s led them to being treated as inferior than men, viewed helpless in the workforce, and expected to act a certain way to please the people.
Women being treated as inferior than men caused them to stand up for themselves and their beliefs. Catherine Gourley wrote, “The Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote, but it did not force employers to treat or pay women the same way they did men” (Flappers 36). Women still were not equal to men, but had a little more freedom. In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was passed. Gourley also stated, “Although much of society in the 1920 believed that a woman’s permanent job was to become a wife and mother, a housewife did not receive wages” (Flappers 34). Women did not make the same amount of pay as men, and were still unequal in numerous ways. Women were thought of as weaker and not as intelligent as men. The everyday woman was a housewife and took care of her family instead of actually having a job. …show more content…
Gourley said, “Women were less likely to organize as a group and demand higher wages for themselves” (Flappers 34). Women were viewed helpless in the workforce since most were not as strong as men and not as capable in the workforce as men are. Women would not stand up for themselves against men since men had so much control. Gourley stated, “National polls had shown that most middle-class husbands did not want their wives to work, especially in dangerous and dirty factories” (Rosie 104). The typical woman was a housewife. Men thought their wives were not capable of working since generations of women have not. Women usually would have worked or not worked depending on which their husband
Women being treated as inferior than men caused them to stand up for themselves and their beliefs. Catherine Gourley wrote, “The Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote, but it did not force employers to treat or pay women the same way they did men” (Flappers 36). Women still were not equal to men, but had a little more freedom. In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was passed. Gourley also stated, “Although much of society in the 1920 believed that a woman’s permanent job was to become a wife and mother, a housewife did not receive wages” (Flappers 34). Women did not make the same amount of pay as men, and were still unequal in numerous ways. Women were thought of as weaker and not as intelligent as men. The everyday woman was a housewife and took care of her family instead of actually having a job. …show more content…
Gourley said, “Women were less likely to organize as a group and demand higher wages for themselves” (Flappers 34). Women were viewed helpless in the workforce since most were not as strong as men and not as capable in the workforce as men are. Women would not stand up for themselves against men since men had so much control. Gourley stated, “National polls had shown that most middle-class husbands did not want their wives to work, especially in dangerous and dirty factories” (Rosie 104). The typical woman was a housewife. Men thought their wives were not capable of working since generations of women have not. Women usually would have worked or not worked depending on which their husband