Comparing the Daily Lives of African American Women in the 1940s and To

Comparing the Daily Lives of African American Women in the 1940s and TodayFor much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in America, Black women were an after-thought in our nations history. They were the mammies and maids, the cooks and caregivers, the universal shoulder to cry on in times of trouble. Often over thinked and undervalued, Black women were just ... there.African American women learn come a long way. In the 1940s, women were case-hardened as second-class citizens and Blacks faced discrimination e reallywhere they looked. They were not taught to be proud of world Black (Dressier, 1985). They had a hard time release to school. Black children were not taught Black history. African Americans were not able to have a sense of pride ab erupt themselves or their culture (Farley & Allen, 1987). In this paper, I will try to describe and compare the lives of African American women around the time of World War II, a period of neat change in the U.S., with their lives today . Due to the enormity of this subject, I am alteration my scope to the discrimination and the resulting economic hardships African American women in finical have endured. Discrimination in Daily LifeIn 1940, it was very difficult for Blacks to get a job due to discrimination. Naomi Craig, an African American and former World War II defense plant worker, describes that when she have from high school, she could not get a job. ?I went to the offices of the different redress companies. I was a crackerjack stenographer, and I was smart, but I was colored. When I would go down for a job, the girl in the office would look at me and then call for the employer. He?d come out he?d say, ?Uh, uh Miss Jennings, um, yes, well the job is filled.? I?d go hom... ...own.edu/projects/WWII_Women/McLoyd, V. C., & Wilson, L. (1992). Telling them like it is The role of economic and environmental factors in single mothers? discussions with their children. American Journal of Community Psychology, 20, 419-444. Mitchell, L., (November 5, 2000). Personal interview via telephone.Schaefer, R.T. (2000). racial and ethnic groups, New Jersey Prentice Hall.Sokoloff, N. J. (1999). Black women and white women in the professions. New York Routledge.Taylor, R. D., & Roberts, D. (1995). Kinship support and maternal adolescent well being in economically disadvantaged African American Families. Child Development, 66, 15851597.Ulbrich, P. M., Warheit, G. J., & Zimmerman, R. S. (1989). Race, socioeconomic status, and psychological distress An examination of differential vulnerability. Journal of Health and sociable Behavior, 30, 131-146.