Flashcards: Women’s Social and Labor History in America — 24 cards

Flappers — definition?

Young women in the 1920s embodying modern fashion and independence.

1920s female stereotype — challenge?

Embraced modernity, urban culture, and social freedoms.

1930s female employment — pattern?

Married women faced high unemployment and legal barriers.

1932 Economy Act Section 213 — effect?

Targeted married women for dismissal during budget cuts.

Depression-era female unemployment — cause?

Legal restrictions, social stigma, economic hardship.

The New Deal — role?

Federal programs addressing economic recovery and social reform.

Female reform tradition — influence?

Informed New Deal policies on women’s labor and welfare.

Frances Perkins — position?

First female U.S. Secretary of Labor (1933-1945).

Post-War Baby Boom — impact?

Increased birth rates and reinforced family-centered domesticity.

Family-centered domesticity — norm?

Women focused on homemaking and motherhood in 1950s.

White-collar ghetto — meaning?

Women in low-status, clerical jobs limiting mobility.

1950s women — labor market?

Concentrated in subordinate, low-paying clerical roles.

Women’s return to domesticity — reason?

Cultural ideals and societal expectations post-WWII.

Working-class women — outside middle class?

Faced economic hardship, limited social mobility.

Post-domesticity crisis — what?

Tensions between traditional roles and women’s aspirations.

Second-wave feminism — start?

1963-1966, expanding women’s rights beyond suffrage.

Title VII — purpose?

Prohibited workplace discrimination under Civil Rights Act (1964).

EEOC — established?

1965, to enforce laws against employment discrimination.

Black women — labor in 1960s?

Faced racial and gender barriers, limited opportunities.

Civil Rights Act — significance?

Legal protections against discrimination in employment.

Intersectionality — importance?

Black women’s experiences involve race and gender factors.

1950s labor market — characteristic?

Segregation, concentration in low-status jobs.

Feminism 1960s — focus?

Workplace equality, reproductive rights, social reform.

Labor market evolution — Black women?

Gradual change, persistent inequalities.