Question

One issue that was discussed quite a bit were women working during the

Great Depression:
1. Why was it argued that women should not be working during the
Great Depression?
2. What was Norman Cousin's argument?

Answer 1

1. because men wanted to prevent women from gaining the economic power that they had held for so long. as well as married women having to stay home and care for children and submit to the husband.

2. Norman made a joking argument during the depression that if you just fire the women and hired the unemployed men it would solve the depression. "Simply fire the women, who shouldn't be working anyway, and hire the men. Presto! No unemployment. No relief rolls. No depression."