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I noticed a difference in the way that working women were described in comparison to the language used about domestic women. Working women saw themselves as being immersed in society and into the world but a domestic woman "never read and does not know what is going on in the world." (P. 298) The working women also describe domestic women as having so much time on their hands, almost insinuating that domestic women's work is not equal to theirs. It was interesting how the working women say they enjoy their job more than they would being a domestic woman. They enjoy the freedom they have to go out and work, but then come home and do whatever they please. Their work and home lives are completely separate. Oppositely, domestic women are always around their work, continuously tending to the family and the house whenever it is needed. There are not set hours of work for domestic women.... their work is their life. --- Alex Mankarios | I noticed a difference in the way that working women were described in comparison to the language used about domestic women. Working women saw themselves as being immersed in society and into the world but a domestic woman "never read and does not know what is going on in the world." (P. 298) The working women also describe domestic women as having so much time on their hands, almost insinuating that domestic women's work is not equal to theirs. It was interesting how the working women say they enjoy their job more than they would being a domestic woman. They enjoy the freedom they have to go out and work, but then come home and do whatever they please. Their work and home lives are completely separate. Oppositely, domestic women are always around their work, continuously tending to the family and the house whenever it is needed. There are not set hours of work for domestic women.... their work is their life. --- Alex Mankarios | ||
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| + | I agree with Alex on her ideas about working women. They saw themselves as in the world and intouch with society and it made me wonder if they were the real reason behind the push for women's rights? I know middle class women were heavily involved in shaping women's rights but did the efforts of the working class women make a difference? Working class women were proud of what they accomplished and according to this article boasted about what they could do, I agree a woman can do anything she sets her mind to but in a way didn't all women shape the womens rights movement? -Megan W. | ||
== Isabel Eaton, 1899, research on black servants in Philadelphia == | == Isabel Eaton, 1899, research on black servants in Philadelphia == | ||
