Making choices, making do : survival strategies of Black and White working-class women during the Great Depression /

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"Making Choices, Making Do is a comparative study of Black and White working class women's survival strategies during the Great Depression. Based primarily on analysis of employment histories and Depression-era interviews of 1,340 women in Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and South Bend,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helmbold, Lois Rita (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Temas:
1900-1999
Working class women > United States > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in employment > United States > History > 20th century.
African American women > Employment > History > 20th century.
Women immigrants > Employment > United States > History > 20th century.
Women, White > Employment > United States > History > 20th century.
Blanches > Travail > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Immigrantes > Travail > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noires américaines > Travail > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / General.
Working class women
Economic history
Discrimination in employment
African American women > Employment
United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1918-1945.
United States
History
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  • Preface : My history and positionality
  • Introduction
  • Urban working-class daily lives and work in the 1920s
  • Job deterioration and unemployment : "You just can't depend on a steady job at all"
  • Employment strategies and their consequences
  • The family economy : Daily survival and management of resources
  • Interrupted expectations : Loyalty and conflict in the family economy
  • Outside the family economy : "Most times I'd go to a friend"
  • Relief : "I never thought I would come to this. I am so willing and anxious to work"
  • Conclusion : Working-class women's class and race consciousness
  • Appendix A: Interview sources
  • Appendix B: Social scientists at the Women's Bureau
  • Appendix C: The U.S. census
  • Appendix D: Tables.

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