With the Great Depression going on throughout the 1930s, umpteen households possessed no income, resulting in foreclosure, living in shantytowns, and uncounted families starving. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entering the war, and men voluntarily entering or drafted into the war, Americans hoped the Depression was finally being lifted and in nearly a decade, America had a little hope. When men were drafted or volunteered to go into the military, an abundance of jobs became available, and not just to men, but to women also. When men were leaving in droves, someone needed to make the machines so that America could have a chance in the war, so women had jobs previously reserved for white men over the age of eighteen. And along with this, women’s fashion changed along with their job opportunities.
At the beginning of the 1930s, more than 15 million Americans – fully one-quarter of all wage-earning workers – were unemployed (“The 1930s”). When President Herbert Hoover failed at relieving most of the crisis, he lost re-election against Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who promised he’d alleviate some of the Depression. The American people were ecstatic when they heard this news. As millions lost their jobs and, in turn, losing …show more content…
He had the factories change in order to assemble war machines and in that, giving some people their jobs back. When men were going into the military, whether it be voluntarily or from getting drafted, they knew that the money would keep a roof over their families head and food on the table. And as many engineers were called on to build bigger and better war machines, an increasing amount of soldiers were called on to fight in the war. While the majority of the men fought in the war, the women put together and built the airplanes, tanks, and other war machines that had been
At the beginning of the 1930s, more than 15 million Americans – fully one-quarter of all wage-earning workers – were unemployed (“The 1930s”). When President Herbert Hoover failed at relieving most of the crisis, he lost re-election against Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who promised he’d alleviate some of the Depression. The American people were ecstatic when they heard this news. As millions lost their jobs and, in turn, losing …show more content…
He had the factories change in order to assemble war machines and in that, giving some people their jobs back. When men were going into the military, whether it be voluntarily or from getting drafted, they knew that the money would keep a roof over their families head and food on the table. And as many engineers were called on to build bigger and better war machines, an increasing amount of soldiers were called on to fight in the war. While the majority of the men fought in the war, the women put together and built the airplanes, tanks, and other war machines that had been