SOCB49H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Making Money
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The late 1930s, had her first job at a party packager store, she was still in highschool. One lady lived in the slums, couldn"t afford electricity, had to use kerosene lamps, she worked hard as kitchen mechanic for a dollar a day. Another lady, was dating a man and who worked at an automobile store, and was told if she married her she would get a car. Her mother worked as a chamber maid, cleaning rooms. Another white woman worked on the farm and plowed fields. Men were surprised that she was able to plow such a big field. The march of time- the battle fields of america were a production line. When factory work opened up, they thought it was a great way of making money. More and more men were going to war, and women had to fill the jobs in the factory for the men. Propaganda was used to convince women to join the labour force.
