The Women | Compare and Contrast
1930s: The United States is in the midst of the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis in the history of the nation. Unemployment is at an all-time high.
Today: While the economy fluctuates greatly, many regulations work to ensure that an economic collapse such as that which caused the Great Depression is not repeated. While unemployment rates also fluctuate, they do not reach the devastating levels of the Great Depression era.
1930s: Divorce laws, which vary widely from state to state, result in the development of Reno, Nevada, as a locus where...
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