Holding Their Own: American Women in the 30's

American Women in the Twentieth Century

by Susan Ware

Ware, Susan

Genres: History

223 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1982

About the author

Susan Ware, celebrated feminist historian and biographer, is the author of American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction and Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century, among other books. She is the editor of American Women’s Suffrage: Voices from the Long Struggle for the Vote, 1776–1965 and is Honorary Women’s Suffrage Centennial Historian at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

Reviews

[Adrian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointingly droll....i was really thrilled at the thought of reading this book, but it was mostly boring statistics with very little content that held my attention. Seems like a good reference book, though, it has a distinct feminist taste.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

skimmed for thesis

"In general, American society made few attempts to challenge the existing definitions of male and female roles during the 1930s. If anything, the Depression reinforced traditional ideas by giving women larger roles to play in holding their families together in the midst of the economic crisis." - p. 199

"During the 1930s, therefore, strong concensus [sic] shaped women's proper roles in society. This concensus [sic], propagated by the media, religion, and other institutions of culture, guided men and women alike. Women had complete responsibility for the domestic sphere and played a critical role in holding families together against the disintegrating forces of the Depression." - p. 17.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

American women's history