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These letters to the Chicago Defender are quite desperate as Mary Ann and Erin have both mentioned. But I thought that I would approach this from two different directions: one the difference in the letters themselves. Two of the letters are written by teachers whose school is either closing or wages are too low. These particular letters showcase the difference in education from the other letters. I also found it realistic that the teachers were looking for domestic work, though this work was quite hard, I am sure that the prospect of a room and further opportunities in a bustling city were the motivating factors among the poor wages and general conditions in the south. Second, '''the letters seem to note a trust that these women had in the Chicago Defender, implying that these women believed that the Defender would help them find these jobs.''' The reality of this was that thousands upon thousands of black men and women were migrating to Chicago leaving them, as Mary Ann said to compete for positions in domestic service. –Caryn Levine | These letters to the Chicago Defender are quite desperate as Mary Ann and Erin have both mentioned. But I thought that I would approach this from two different directions: one the difference in the letters themselves. Two of the letters are written by teachers whose school is either closing or wages are too low. These particular letters showcase the difference in education from the other letters. I also found it realistic that the teachers were looking for domestic work, though this work was quite hard, I am sure that the prospect of a room and further opportunities in a bustling city were the motivating factors among the poor wages and general conditions in the south. Second, '''the letters seem to note a trust that these women had in the Chicago Defender, implying that these women believed that the Defender would help them find these jobs.''' The reality of this was that thousands upon thousands of black men and women were migrating to Chicago leaving them, as Mary Ann said to compete for positions in domestic service. –Caryn Levine | ||
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| + | What I found interesting--all these letters were written by women, and are all addressed, variously, to men. "Gentlemen:" or "Kind Sir:" or "Sir:" what does this indicate about contemporary (then) concepts of where help and assistance was supposed to come from...something along those lines. -schang | ||
==Marie Jenny Howe and an "Anti-Suffrage Monologue"== | ==Marie Jenny Howe and an "Anti-Suffrage Monologue"== | ||
