Making Choices, Making Do – Survival Strategies of Black and White Working–Clas…

Making Choices, Making Do – Survival Strategies of Black and White Working–Clas…

Making Choices, Making DoSurvival Strategies of Black and White Working-Class Women During the Great Depression\nAuthor(s): Lois Rita Helmbold\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978826434, 978-1978826434\nSynopsis\nMaking Choices, Making Dois a comparative study of Black and white working-class women's survival strategies during the Great Depression. Based on analysis of employment histories and Depression-era interviews of 1,340 women in Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and South Bend and letters from domestic workers, Lois Helmbold discovered that Black women lost work more rapidly and in greater proportions. The benefits that white women accrued because of structural racism meant they avoided the utter destitution that more commonly swallowed their Black peers. When let go from a job, a white woman was more successful in securing a less desirable job, while Black women, especially older Black wom.

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