 |  Women and the American Experience Concise, 2/e Nancy Woloch,
Barnard College
Emergencies: The 1930s and 1940s
Primary Sources
U.S. population in 1930
(http://www.dohistory.org/archive/doc099/)
Look at a chart of occupations of the U.S. population in 1930, compiled by the Census Bureau. |
| | | Migrant Mother
(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html)
"I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet. I do not remember how I explained my presence or my camera to her, but I do remember she asked me no questions," reported Dorothea Lange. See several 1936 photographs of the "Migrant Mother" in California. Click to enlarge the photos. |
| | | "Stocks Collapse in 16,410,030-Share Day, but Rally at Close Cheers Brokers; Bankers Opti...
(http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/991029onthisday_big.html)
See the front page of the New York Times, including the article, "Stocks Collapse in 16,410,030-Share Day, but Rally at Close Cheers Brokers; Bankers Optimistic, To Continue Aid," from October 30, 1929. |
| | | Verda Galbreath Carter
(http://carterdiary.freeservers.com/)
Verda Galbreath Carter lived on a farm in Northeast Ohio during the depression. Read her diary from 1934 to 1938, which includes pictures, and learn about women's lives on farms during this period. |
| | | "My Day" column
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/sfeature/myday.html)
Find links to Eleanor Roosevelt's column "My Day". She addressed issues relating to key events, race, and women. |
| | | 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike
(http://womhist.binghamton.edu/pecan/doclist.htm)
Read about the 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike in San Antonio, Texas. Find 22 original documents that explain how Mexican and Mexican-American women stood up for their labor rights as employers tried to cut wages to the point of starvation. |
| | | Choosing Women for War Industry Jobs
(http://digitallibrary.smu.edu/cul/gir/ww2/pdf/l0054.pdf)
View a 1943 bulletin of the Women's Bureau entitled "Choosing Women for War Industry Jobs". |
| | | If Your Baby Must Travel in Wartime
(http://digitallibrary.smu.edu/cul/gir/ww2/pdf/l0054.pdf)
See the original book by the Department of Labor, If Your Baby Must Travel in Wartime. |
| | | Women working nights in war plants
(http://digitallibrary.smu.edu/cul/gir/ww2/pdf/l0055.pdf)
Read the Department of Labor's pamphlet on women working nights in war plants. |
| | | Women's effective war work
(http://digitallibrary.smu.edu/cul/gir/ww2/pdf/l0061.pdf)
See a World War II pamphlet of the Women's Bureau entitled "Women's effective war work requires time for meals and rest". |
| | | B-17 bomber Workers
(http://rs6.loc.gov/pnp/fsac/1a35000/1a35300/1a35337r.jpg)
Look at a slide of three women working inside the circular structure of a fuselage of a B-17 bomber in 1942. |
| | | Office of War Information Poster example 1
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3b40000/3b45000/3b45100/3b45153r.jpg)
See a poster from the Office of War Information that encourages women to fill men's jobs during the war. |
| | | Office of War Information Poster example 2
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g05000/3g05600/3g05603r.jpg)
See a poster from the Office of War Information that encourages women to fill men's jobs during the war. |
| | | "Women have met the test".
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g05000/3g05500/3g05597r.jpg)
View a 1944 poster claiming that "women have met the test". |
| | | World War II political cartoon
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3b40000/3b43000/3b43700/3b43729r.jpg)
Look at the World War II political cartoon titled "And then in my spare time…". |
| | | Mrs. Henry Weddington's 1936 letter to President Roosevelt
(http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/divine5e/medialib/timeline/docs/sourc...
)
Read the transcription of Mrs. Henry Weddington's 1936 letter to President Roosevelt. She addresses discrimination against African Americans in New Deal programs. |
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