User:Alleiycaat/Marriage bar

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The marriage bar was a created in the 1930's where it stated that married women were not allowed to work after the law passed. This law was passed during the great depression when many men were losing their jobs due to the financial crisis that was happening at the time. In order to let many of the men keep their jobs the marriage bar was created to dismiss married women to clear spaces for men. The marriage bar lasted up until the late 1940's after multiple movements and debates kept going on within the years.

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The marriage bar was considered to be an act of discrimination upon women who were married and also working in the year 1930's. The most common place of work that was targeted was through government jobs. A great example would be the Post Office where it was known to be one of the first work cites to encourage the marriage bar law. This lead to multiple women being fired and for those who aren't considered married were being submitted to be paid less than a man regardless of doing the same type of work ethics. One of the reasons why the marriage law was created was to express how women aren't able to multitask responsibilities between their work life and family life. That being said a woman's purpose was not to be making money but to be taking care of the house and family needs. As the marriage bar became to be a law within the states many other work environments that included banks, doctors, nurses, and lawyers also began to implement the law. After the years went by many women learned to hide their status of marriage in order to continue to be employed and earn a living.

On a deeper sense the marriage bar didn't just exclude women who were married but also women of color and women that were older of age. The discrimination lead to many riots and debates to challenge the idea of married women working which lead on for decades. Within the years 1930 and 1940 women went on to keep on working regardless of being married by changing their own names yet when the federal government became known of the ideas soon there were requirements for women to follow. The marriage bar was set in place throughout the entire great depression until the 1940's where only middle class women started to become accepted by society on the idea of working and being married at the same time. This law has become one of the most known measurements to be put on women which created a shift in the gender equality and even lead to other movements.

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The marriage bar was a created in the 1930's where it stated that married women were not allowed to work after the law passed. This law was passed during the great depression when many men were losing their jobs due to the financial crisis that was happening at the time. In order to let many of the men keep their jobs the marriage bar was created to dismiss married women to clear spaces for men. The marriage bar lasted up until the late 1940's after multiple movements and debates kept going on within the years.

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The marriage bar was considered to be an act of discrimination upon women who were married and also working in the year 1930's. The most common place of work that was targeted was through government jobs. A great example would be the Post Office where it was known to be one of the first work cites to encourage the marriage bar law. This lead to multiple women being fired and for those who aren't considered married were being submitted to be paid less than a man regardless of doing the same type of work ethics. One of the reasons why the marriage law was created was to express how women aren't able to multitask responsibilities between their work life and family life. That being said a woman's purpose was not to be making money but to be taking care of the house and family needs. As the marriage bar became to be a law within the states many other work environments that included banks, doctors, nurses, and lawyers also began to implement the law. After the years went by many women learned to hide their status of marriage in order to continue to be employed and earn a living.

On a deeper sense the marriage bar didn't just exclude women who were married but also women of color and women that were older of age. The discrimination lead to many riots and debates to challenge the idea of married women working which lead on for decades. Within the years 1930 and 1940 women went on to keep on working regardless of being married by changing their own names yet when the federal government became known of the ideas soon there were requirements for women to follow. The marriage bar was set in place throughout the entire great depression until the 1940's where only middle class women started to become accepted by society on the idea of working and being married at the same time. This law has become one of the most known measurements to be put on women which created a shift in the gender equality and even lead to other movements.