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Upon the start of the Great Depression, women were forced to leave their jobs so that men could have more chance at working. This set back women's rights significantly, as women had been slightly accepted into the workforce (they were paid much less, and had a harder time, but it was a step in the right direction). When they had to give up their jobs and were expected to stay at home and starve, it set back women's rights roughly 13 years, to before the Great War, when this was expected often. -
During the Great Depression many workers were fired or had the company they worked at go bankrupt. This left almost 25 percent of the working class without enough money to stay alive. In response to this, the government began to create camps to try and slow down the continual decline of workers for the corporations. These camps provided food, water, basic shelter, and 20 cents per day (4.18 dollars today). Anyone could join a camp, so long as they were single, and an able bodied man. -
The Great Depression had a large impact on many farmers in Canada, as prolonged droughts, nutrient deficient soil, and incorrect farming practices made the farmlands in the prairies see an increase in massive dust storms. These dust storms ravaged the farmlands of North America, and made it so that the crops farmers usually sold excess of, barely produce enough to feed a single person for a year. These dust storms occurred in 1934, 1936, and 1939-1940 -
Once the second world war started, millions of jobs opened up to help the war effort. These jobs ranged from being a pilot in the RAF, to just producing munitions for any number of different guns/cannons/artillery pieces. Most of the men were overseas a few years into the war, so the job fell on women to continue producing food, munitions, parts, etc. All of these jobs were vital to continuing the war, since if an army runs out of ammunition, it is somewhat useless. -
While the second world war was going on, food became a major concern for many governments. This pushed them to mandate farmers give increased crop yields for the second time in twenty years. This forced farmers to again over farm their land, which causes major decreases in production in a decade or less usually. This was one of the last major time that farmers had to do this however, so it is unclear whether this was a good or bad thing. -
At the start of World War Two, women had started petitions to let women be in the military, however these petitions had been mostly ignored until Aug 13, 1941 when the government created a non-combat unit of women. This unit was mostly created in order to free up men so they could reinforce the frontline. The Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) mostly did menial tasks such as driving, stenography, cooking, etc. -
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The unemployed being sent to relief camps was both progressive, and a decline in workers rights. The former because it kept an unknown amount of people alive, but it was also the latter because the conditions at these camps were terrible, and for some would have not been feasible.
The dust storms were a major decline for farmers, as they were barely able to feed themselves with their crop output. -
The job increase created by the war was a rather good, yet short lived increase, as the multitude of jobs created were able to provide for millions, but only lasted 6 years.
The introduction of a women's branch in the military was a small step forward for equality, since before this women were not allowed in the military at all, but could now do some things in the armed forces. The gap would later become smaller, as now women are serving in combat roles and occupying countries. -
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