great depression 5

In chapter 23 you learned about the Great Depression and the toll it took on Americans during the 1930s. Working-class Americans experienced the brunt of the Depression, but even amongst the working class, there was a subset of Americans who were arguably hit the hardest by the Depression: minorities, especially women. 

The primary source Women on the Breadlines provides a vivid glimpse of the lives of American women during the Great Depression. The primary source focuses on several women who attempt to gain employment in a Minneapolis employment bureau in 1932, during the height of the Depression.

In this assignment, please respond to the bolded questions below by 6:00 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Click the “Submit Assignment” button above to type in your response.

Identify two different types/groups of women from the reading.

What hardships did they experience?

How did these women deal with these hardships?

What resources, if any, were available to help these women?

Why do you think these women continued to daily sit in the employment office if they knew there were no jobs available?