Question

Which of the following is most true of women's circumstances during the Great Depression? Government jobs provided plenty of opportunities for income. Most programs discouraged women from working at jobs. Many women had to remain at home while husbands found work. Federally sponsored jobs allowed women to be paid more.

Answer 1

Due to the lack of jobs and places of employment during the Great Depression and the social stigma that Men work and Women stay at home was still around, C. "Many women had to remain at home while husbands found work." Would be your best answer.

Answer 2

Answer;

Many women had to remain at home while husbands found work.

Step-by-step explanation;

-The Great Depression affected women and men in quite different ways. The economy of the period relied heavily on sex-typed work, or work that employers typically assigned to one sex or the other.

-Women primarily worked in service industries, and these jobs tended to continue during the 1930s.

-Additionally, women were employed as housekeeping aides to families in need of household help. The housekeeping aides project kept to traditional racial stereotypes as well as gendered ones, as most of its employees were African-American women.