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I also found it interesting that these businesses or companies would not hire these women unless they lived with their families. I like Ashley was confused and wondered if they meant women who lived with their parents or their husbands and children or both? I also thought it was interesting that the employers were having problems with men in the jobs. Wasn't this a time of work when you can and where you can and don't complain? I understand why the women were hired, they were stable and willing to work. Then I think about the how the men were off fighting and maybe some of the men thought that this work was beneath them anyway.--- Pam P. | I also found it interesting that these businesses or companies would not hire these women unless they lived with their families. I like Ashley was confused and wondered if they meant women who lived with their parents or their husbands and children or both? I also thought it was interesting that the employers were having problems with men in the jobs. Wasn't this a time of work when you can and where you can and don't complain? I understand why the women were hired, they were stable and willing to work. Then I think about the how the men were off fighting and maybe some of the men thought that this work was beneath them anyway.--- Pam P. | ||
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| + | Like Pam, I was also surprised that women were preferred over men? Some of the reasons they give are practical, but at the same time, it's surprising that the men call off for numerous reasons, and the women work harder. I wonder if it was a sense of comfort for the men to know they have a better chance of a longer career at this. I was also curious as to why the men did not like their jobs too much. I felt that the women were diligent workers and they did so because they had no other option prior to that, and even with the other women working on a factory, they are willing to do this job! --Aqsa Z. | ||
== Leonara Barry, on what the Knights of Labor are doing for women, 1888 == | == Leonara Barry, on what the Knights of Labor are doing for women, 1888 == | ||
