labor history
... Late ‘20s and ‘30s was the time of the stereotypical American families with the husband working outside the house in the labor market and the wife staying home to do the housework and child-caring. ... The uniqueness of these female characters is their courage and inventiveness in standing up for themselves to get in the labor market because they didnt do what the other women did but tried as much as they could to break the societys rules. ... In Union Maids the unemployed female characters were not accepted in the labor market because of their gender.