'''The mechanization of labor and the promotion of consumer culture did nothing to help women get out of the kitchen as Kleinegger examines in her entry.''' Factories didn't even hire out to women workers, instead leaving those few jobs that existed to men whom were believed to be more suited to factory work. Mechanization did nothing but deepen the ravine between men and women in the labor force. Its amazing to see the blatant misdirection of advertising at the time to mislead people (mostly women, of course) into thinking these devices would improve their lot in life. - Scott Birney

'''The mechanization of labor and the promotion of consumer culture did nothing to help women get out of the kitchen as Kleinegger examines in her entry.''' Factories didn't even hire out to women workers, instead leaving those few jobs that existed to men whom were believed to be more suited to factory work. Mechanization did nothing but deepen the ravine between men and women in the labor force. Its amazing to see the blatant misdirection of advertising at the time to mislead people (mostly women, of course) into thinking these devices would improve their lot in life. - Scott Birney

== Venus Green ==

== Venus Green ==

In Green’s discussion, the most powerful pieces of evidence are the data table at the end of the section showing the percentages of workers by race per decade and the testimony of Walter D. Williams, one of the managers. ~~Kyle Allwine

In Green’s discussion,''' the most powerful pieces of evidence are the data table at the end of the section showing the percentages of workers by race per decade and the testimony of Walter D. Williams, one of the managers.''' ~~Kyle Allwine

The Green reading about the Bell System reminds me of the readings about the factories and workers.  In the factories the workers were basically extensions of the machines they were overseeing.  Green mentions, “The TSP operator really functioned as an adjunct to a machine rather than as controller of machinery” (258).  So the Bell System found a way to exploit African American women in two ways: putting them in low status jobs, and putting them in jobs that are mechanical in nature. –Samantha W.

The Green reading about the Bell System reminds me of the readings about the factories and workers.  In the factories the workers were basically extensions of the machines they were overseeing.  Green mentions, “The TSP operator really functioned as an adjunct to a machine rather than as controller of machinery” (258).  So '''the Bell System found a way to exploit African American women in two ways: putting them in low status jobs, and putting them in jobs that are mechanical in nature'''. –Samantha W.