Women and the Great Depression-- Episode #18

This crash course episode explores the impact the Depression had on women and families. It examines the sexism inherent in the New Deal policies, which favored male employment over female, and offered higher pay to men’s jobs. New Deal programs almost exclusively hired men, and women mostly received Social Security benefits through male spouses. Episode #0 Introduction: Episode #1 Natives: Episode #4 Revolution: Episode #7 Abolition: Episode #11 19th Century Suffrage: You can support our work and the production of this series by becoming a patron of the… Video by YouTube channel.