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Author:

Bingham, Jane, 1941-

Title:

The Great Depression : the Jazz Age, Prohibition, and economic decline, 1921-1937 / Jane Bingham.

Publisher:

Chelsea House,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Women--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--1929--United States--Juvenile literature.
Women--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Women--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--1929--Juvenile literature.
United States--Social conditions--1933-1945--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--1933-1945--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.

Contents:

Boom and bust -- Family life and social issues -- Women at work -- Education, science, and politics -- Sports, dance, and film -- The arts -- Minority groups -- The period in brief.

Summary:

Describes what life was like for American women in the 1920s and 1930s, discussing such aspects as family life; working life; their involvement in education, science, politics, sports, and the arts; and the lives of minority women.

Series:

A cultural history of women in America

ISBN:

1604139331 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9781604139334 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)460054139

LCCN:

2010044889

Locations:

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)