The Role of Women @ the turn of the Century

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The Role of Women _at_ the turn of the Century
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Debate over womens equality

• What does womens equality mean?
• What did women want?
• Should be able to vote
• Own their own property and income
• Access to higher education and professional jobs
• What do you think people thought about this?
• - Thought they would be crazy
• - Did not have the mental capacity
• Upset the social order

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Women at the turn of the Century

• Work at home and on farms
• Prepare food and clothing
• Helped farm
• Young women migrated to the cities
• Work in factories and some professional jobs
• Building volunteer organizations
• General Federation of Womens Clubs 1890
• Association for the Advancement of Women

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Work at home and on the farm

• From producer to consumer
• Advances in technology made this possible
• Tin cans
• Quick cereals
• Factory made biscuits
• Department stores
• Marshal Field in Chicago
• Macys in New York

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Working outside the home

• 18 women over the age of 10 worked outside the
  home
• Most were single women (ages of 16-24)
• Were paid 30 to 60 less than men
• Typewriter 1870
• Women professionals
• Womens colleges
• Hospitals

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Women started to demand more

• New Women
• Started to higher expectations of fulfillment in
  marriage than earlier generations, led to an
  increase in the divorce rate
• Margaret Sanger spread information about birth
  control and planned parenthood