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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. | 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. | ||
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| + | I think the thing that struck me most about this article was the first industrial advantage. While I know it was not uncommon for a woman to work during this time period I had always thought it was out of necessity. The idea of opportunities for promotion suggests the idea of a career to me as opposed to a job. Do you think jobs with promotions indicate a shift towards careers and less focus on the domestic duties of marriage? Later in the piece the young factory operative explains how domestic servants don't make good wives. I suppose I am just wondering what kind of role marriage played when women went looking for work. -John Rowley | ||
== Isabel Eaton, 1899, research on black servants in Philadelphia == | == Isabel Eaton, 1899, research on black servants in Philadelphia == | ||
