The impact of the Great Depression hit

women hard. More men competing for

jobs meant that less women got them.

Campaigns to keep women out of the

workplace to make more room for men

abounded. Women were encouraged to

stay at home with their families.

Married women were especially

discriminated against. Even jobs

traditionally thought of as "feminine",

such as teaching, pushed women out

to make room for the men. A survey done

by the National Education Association

announced that in a study of 1500

school systems, 77 percent refused

to hire married women and 63 percent

dismissed them.