Generally, women had to take on the roles that usually belonged to men because the families needed money. They got jobs and went to work, and in the cases they didn't or couldn't the family would usually live in poverty. The women going to work resulted in "latchkey" kids. Sometimes, men wouldn't come home resulting in war widows.
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This is a pretty good article that I used: https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1692.html
A geographer will be able to tell you much more about a places geography. while an economic historian will give you information on financial and business history and overlaps with areas of social history
