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While reading the passages about women doing clerical work, I wondered whether men preferred to have women in their office in order to extend patriarchy into the work place. Did employers like having women employees because they had more authority as a boss over women than men? --Mary Beth M. | While reading the passages about women doing clerical work, I wondered whether men preferred to have women in their office in order to extend patriarchy into the work place. Did employers like having women employees because they had more authority as a boss over women than men? --Mary Beth M. | ||
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| + | In the passages we learned that many black women were let go because of their race. I wonder why the white managers/owners did not hire the black workers. Wouldn't they get paid a lesser amount, therefore being a smarter financial move? --Aqsa Z. | ||
== Helen Campbell, 1893, study on NY wage laborers, “Shop Girls and Piece Workers” == | == Helen Campbell, 1893, study on NY wage laborers, “Shop Girls and Piece Workers” == | ||
