Radio became of the most popular source of entertainment along with the famous board game Monopoly in 1930’s. At the beginning of the 1930’s‚ “women’s radio filled the daytime hours between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m” . It introduced a woman to ‘issues and points of view to which she might never been exposed in her own community‚ including health‚ fashions‚ or even a discussion of
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Farm Life in the 1930’s Questions I have always lived on a farm for the majority of my life. Nowadays life now on a farm for me is much more different then how life was back then. The kids back then had it tough too they most likely had to work all day on the fields and your future was already determined once you were born. Just because there was no one else to take over the farm once your dad got too old or incapable to work. So with this said you were going to take up on you fathers trade
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The Treatment and Lives of the Mentally Handicapped in the 1930’s The 1930’s time period made a great impact on the lives of those who were mentally handicapped. However‚ this was also the time of the great depression‚ the most devastating time for people and especially the mentally handicapped. You may ask how they were treated before and after the depression‚ what was done about their condition‚ and how their conditions were “treated” or “taken care of”. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate
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Sports in the 1930’s The 1930’s was a rough time for all of America. Experiencing a drought‚ the stock market crash‚ and it was overall a time of major poverty. This was the time of the great depression‚an economical and industrial slump in 1929 and the upcoming years. Through all of this‚ they needed some sort of leisure or entertainment. This is where sports come into place. Sports like basketball‚ baseball‚ and boxing were just a few athletic examples that were an important part of the decade
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The radio breakthrough in the 1930’s was huge. It not only offered news updates‚ but it also provided entertainment to all ages. Some news updates and broadcasts were often referred to as “fireside chats”. The radio benefitted everyone‚ everywhere‚ but eventually went out of style as other trends came into existence. However‚ even as the interest in radio lessened‚ it played a key role in the evolution of things like the television. In addition to the Golden Age of Broadcasting‚ radios have changed
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In the early 1900’s the man was seen as the intellectual individual who takes care of their wife and family‚ who arrives home with the money and who was the supplier. However during the 1930’s this typical idea of the man’s role was extremely hard to keep ahold of due to The Great Depression. While the average woman worked on household dynamics and keeping the family afloat‚ the man was out looking for a job‚ or struggling to keep his current job. As a result‚ the average male came home at the end
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The majority of the historical events that took place in the 1920’s‚ greatly influenced the way women dressed‚ as the automobile industry grew‚ so did female’s interest in cars. As they became drivers‚ women’s clothes were adjusted accordingly to their more liberated lifestyle‚ with sporty clothes becoming one of the leading fashion trends. Designers influenced by the revolutions in the film and music industry‚ began creating clothes similar to those seen on the big screen. Among them‚ there were
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Many movies were released in the 1930’s‚ and were loved and watched by thousands when it was first released. These films are still watched today by many others. Some of them were known around the world‚ because of how fast it became popular. Some of the popular movies are‚ Alice In Wonderland (1933)‚ Cleopatra (1934)‚ The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)‚ The Wizard of Oz (1939). The Wizard of Oz‚ was a 1939 American musical comedy-drama fantasy film .It was the most expensive production at that time
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Have you ever wondered about the great depression? Or how they lived through it? The great depression started in the 1930’s. It lasted for nearly ten years. “The great depression put millions of people out of work.” It seared itself into memory of those who lived through it. 1930 was a work here and a work there. “No income meant they had to cut back on everything possible.” They kept their regular payments on two metropolitan life insurance policies. They had to stop ice and milk delivery also
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History of the Radio in the 1930’s In the 1930’s the United States endured one of the most difficult economic times in the history of our country. This horrible crisis was called The Great Depression. The Great Depression‚ which began in 1929‚ was an era never to be forgotten. The Great Depression‚ though challenging with many hardships‚ in a way brought America closer together. It caused people to show what they really were made of and highlighted their true character. Americans worked
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