“Women know that life must go on and that life's needs must be met and it is their courage and determination that, time and again, have made us overcome crises worse than those presented by one." This famous quote, said by Eleanor Roosevelt, states how powerful women are especially in times of need (Ware). Eleanor Roosevelt said it during the period of the Great Depression in an all-female press conference, which is a big deal in this era. The role of women changed in many ways during the 1930s. Grevatt). Men were the breadwinners while most women stayed at home. Many people were upset that the role assigned to women was basically to stay at home and raise children, which many wanted to change soon and quickly. to prove that they were worth more than what people left behind. on (“1930's”), which reflects the few rights they were granted in the 1930s. Women's rights were virtually non-existent in the 1930s. Women were new to voting because they earned this right in the 1920s. Even though women could vote, many didn't because they weren't used to it or because their husbands didn't approve. Women were very submissive to their husbands in the early 1930s, but that was slowly starting to change. One of the main reasons things started to change was the Great Depression. When the Great Depression affected both rich and poor. This made women want a change. Many women wanted a job to earn some extra money that her husband did not bring enough or did not earn at all. Women held many women-only conferences (1930). Many women formed little leagues to protest the high prices. One of these groups was “The… medium of paper… the thirties didn't do what they did then who knows where women would be now. They didn't just change politics, they made the country stronger. This proves the saying “Behind every strong man there is an even stronger woman”. Women are the backbone of this crazy world that people live in. Works Cited Citation 1 Grevatt, Martha. “1930s: Women Were Fearless.” workers.org. 24 September 2013. Web. 19 November 2013Quote 2Ware,Susan. "Women and the Great Depression." The Gilder Lerhman Institute of American History. 19 November 2013. Web. 19 November 2013Quote 3“The 1930s”. discoveryeducation.com. November 20, 2013. Web. November 20. 2013