Authority:

Cindy distrusts a doctor and two police officers, men of authority, which reflects the general loss of faith, especially in government figures, after the Great Depression

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Foreign language education:

Progressive educators believed in unity between education and application, which could include language training for the upper classes

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Sexual assault:

The most regular acknowledgement of sexual violence in the 1930s was the stereotype that black men wanted to rape white women