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.
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