Women organize against heavy drinking, sing militant songs. Women campaign for the right to vote. The movie industry moves to California, evolving from silent movies to spectacular films. Immigrants and Dust Bowl Refugees Immigrants arrive from Italy, Portugal, Armenia and India to work on California's farms. The I.W.W. organizes farm workers.
Japanese immigrants buy land and compete with established farmers.
The Mexican Revolution sends thousands of refugees to California. Mexican farm workers organize unions, are deported, and replaced with workers from the Philippines. Dust storms on the great plains displace thousands, bringing more job seekers to California. Poverty is rampant. World War Two, Songs of the Cities World War Two absorbs men into the armed services.