“At the beginning of the 1930s, more than 15 million Americans–fully one-quarter of all wage-earning workers–were unemployed” (“The 1930s”). The 1930’s was made up of The Great Depression, racial issues, and the lack of rights for women. The Great Depression started in 1929, letting go thousands of people from their jobs, this made life very difficult with many families jobless. This then affected how racial issues increased and women’s lives changed. All men lost their jobs, colored men first, and this affected women's lives as well. This caused some women to go into the workforce themselves and they had to learn how to save items and use them differently. The Great Depression, racial issues, and lack of rights for women made the life in
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To begin, “In response, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, stating that all persons, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, would be allowed to participate fully in the defense of the United States” (“Race During The Great Depression”). To add on, Reference stated, “Inhabitants of Mississippi were also seriously divided on the subject of race, which made the state dangerous for minorities, specifically African-Americans” ("What Was It like Growing up in the South during the 1930s?"). Being a different race didn’t come easy or with any rewards. Most races were discriminated against and had to work twice as hard to get the same opportunities. Different races had to have their own items and couldn’t share with the whites. Furthermore, Reference declared other problems the colored had, “Adding insult to injury, very little aid was distributed by the state and federal governments to African-American communities: health care and food stamps were virtually nonexistent for African-Americans, and some charitable organizations and soup kitchens refused to serve them at all” ("What Was It like Growing up in the South during the 1930s?"). During the 1930’s, everyone had little to no money yet were still working. However, colored men and women didn’t have as many options to pick from so they couldn’t work with the same materials and didn’t have everything they needed. Most of the different races were denied stamps or food to get by, making the ‘30’s hard time. Equally important, Baughman adds on the unfairness of the workforce, “Always the first to be fired, blacks were especially discriminated against during the Depression.Thus, unemployment rates for blacks in the Depression were far higher than the national average. Mexican-Americans often lost their jobs because federal and local
To begin, “In response, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, stating that all persons, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, would be allowed to participate fully in the defense of the United States” (“Race During The Great Depression”). To add on, Reference stated, “Inhabitants of Mississippi were also seriously divided on the subject of race, which made the state dangerous for minorities, specifically African-Americans” ("What Was It like Growing up in the South during the 1930s?"). Being a different race didn’t come easy or with any rewards. Most races were discriminated against and had to work twice as hard to get the same opportunities. Different races had to have their own items and couldn’t share with the whites. Furthermore, Reference declared other problems the colored had, “Adding insult to injury, very little aid was distributed by the state and federal governments to African-American communities: health care and food stamps were virtually nonexistent for African-Americans, and some charitable organizations and soup kitchens refused to serve them at all” ("What Was It like Growing up in the South during the 1930s?"). During the 1930’s, everyone had little to no money yet were still working. However, colored men and women didn’t have as many options to pick from so they couldn’t work with the same materials and didn’t have everything they needed. Most of the different races were denied stamps or food to get by, making the ‘30’s hard time. Equally important, Baughman adds on the unfairness of the workforce, “Always the first to be fired, blacks were especially discriminated against during the Depression.Thus, unemployment rates for blacks in the Depression were far higher than the national average. Mexican-Americans often lost their jobs because federal and local