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what caused the great depression according to me? I'm guessing it had something to do with the rapid materialist excess of the "roaring 20's". Feminism definitely got a strong foothold during this time, but only became a major cultural force decades later when a number of other things created the conditions for it to take off, once the depression and war were over with. For example I don't think feminism could have happened if not for the mass media, which didn't really exist in the 20's, at least not anywhere near the way it did in the 50's. Also, the 60's rebellion was in large part a reaction to the oppressive conservative 50's, which was largely based upon fear; fear of poverty and war, both which were sealed into the consciousness of the so called "greatest generation", but not their children, the baby boomers (or as I like to call them, the "worst generation"). You could say reacting to this was a good thing, and it probably was, but the boomers in their indulgence took it WAY TOO FAR.

of course this is just my take, these things are complex and I'm far from an expert. But I find the history taught in our education system is downright atrocious (well, that's education in general but that's a different topic...)