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when the stock market collapsed, 25% of the population was laid off in the coming years. many companies went bankrupt and had to close. schools were closing due to lack of funding, people couldn't pay off their taxes. for the next 10 years there were little jobs to be had. those jobs weren't high paying either. mostly labour like road work. they made relief camps for single men to work for a few cents an hour. nothing changed over those 10 years until WWII hit.
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after the First World War, everyone decided to celebrate a little. treating themselves, cars, clothes, gambling, anything really but they were buying these things in credit. stock piles grew, production slowed, families had less cash, economy slowed, banks wanted repaid. these weren't the worst of it. farms were foreclosed, people were unable to pay off credit and most were selling their stocks. eventually on October 29th, 1929 the stock market collapsed.
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in 1933 a drought had hit the prairies along with the Great Depression. the drought eventually lead to all crops drying up and perishing in 1938. in 1938 it was nearly impossible to grow crops. after the drought strong winds went across the prairies and since all the topsoil was dried up it created massive dust storms coating the land in a layer of dust also know has the dust bowl.
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between WWI and WWII there was a massive change for farmers. farmers had a big role in growing and shipping off food overseas. even after the war there was a huge demand for wheat giving the farmers quite a bit of money to get by. from 1929 prices dropped 25%. farmers had to raise the price but only from the drought. they had to survive for around 10 years with no crops being able to grow, farmers went from having good stable paying jobs to being bankrupt and looking into the city for a job.
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to top things all off, billions of grasshoppers invaded the land and ate all the crops that had somewhat managed to grow a little. by now it was impossible to grow crops and many farmers were going bankrupt. many of which decided to turn to the city for work. unfortunitally from the Great Depression. there were few jobs to be had.
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from the droughts, dust storms, and grasshoppers farmers were put out of business. no crops were able to grow giving them no source of income. the crop prices plummeted. from 1929 to 1930 prices had already dropped 25%. throughout the Great Depression and the drought, it left farmers with nothing to sell and people with nothing to pay. many farms got foreclosed and the farmers went to the city to seek a job. but very few were to be had.
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during and after the war, women in the workforce were changing dramatically. more and more women were getting jobs, whether it be an office job or a factory worker. more jobs were being created just for the women. I do feel this is what shaped todays society with women working. during the war women stepped up and did what a man could do. some in fact being better than the men. for example, Rosie the Riveter.
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with all the men gone off to fight overseas in WWII, employers would attract women to fill in the mans job, women got lower wages, incentives like free government payed nurseries were provided to attract women into the workplace. at the end of WWII when all the men came back, women were encouraged and asked to leave the workforce to give jobs back to the men. some women were also regulated out of the workforce. there was in fact an expanding number of female jobs in the service industry.
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with the Second World War starting, many men were sent overseas to serve. this created several jobs to be had by everyone. factory workers, farmers, women, all sorts of people were getting jobs. families started having money flow in once again. farms opened up, factories, lots of businesses, mostly to support the war but its all better then having no job at all.
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after World War Two, women continued to have more and more opportunities with society. more jobs opened up and they were allowed to be apart of the Canadian army for good. I do feel because of this women today have just as many rights as men. women went from being a stay at home mom to being in the army and getting the same jobs as men.
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farmers went through a decently big change through this. at the beginning of the WWII things lightened up for everyone. people were sent off to war opening lots of jobs to be filled in. farmers eventually started growing their crops again, just enough to meet war requirements. the federal government set up an agriculture supplies board to meet the food needs of Canada and overseas. of course it was nothing like the demand of wheat in the 20's but it was still something other than bankruptcy.
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during the Great Depression there were little jobs open. the men who did have jobs weren't getting paid as much, they were mostly in labour. simple jobs like road work and building infrastructure were created for give jobs to the unemployed. women were encouraged to stay at home to open up as many jobs for men.
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a lot has changed from WWI and WWII, one of the biggest changes I feel is that women were allowed to fight in the Second World War. women embraced their new roles in helping out with the war. in 1941, a special women's force was created. more than 50,000 women had joined the army. this was a huge step in history. the CWACS has 21,600 women, WDs had 17,400 women, Wrens had 7,100 members.
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