Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. During the 1920's, most women were still expected to stay at home and look after the children. Cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the house and kids was all women were expected to do. Being a housewife and mother were regarded as women's most important duties. Women wanted to be able to have the freedom that men had. They wanted to

be able to vote and work if they wanted to. Women fought for and to a large degree accomplished a reevaluation of traditional views of their role in society. The battle of women’s suffrages was coming to an end

On October 24, 1929, also known as Black Thursday, the stock market began to drop dramatically. After the first hour, the prices had gone down at an outrageous speed. Some people thought that after that day the prices would rise again just as it had done before. But it didn’t. Prices kept dropping. On October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday, more than 16 million shares were sold. By the end of the day most stocks ended below their previous value. Some stocks became

totally worthless. Because of that, some people became homeless and without money. All of this just because of the stock market crash. By November 13, the

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