Sammi Zandt
Women’s Rights 1865-1992
Reconstructon
Industrialisaton = created jobs & meant F went from domestc service & farming factory &
office wor mechanized agriculture to F not needed = 1870-1900 wor force fell 53-37%
Westward expansion job opp for F as cleaners, coo s, nurses & teachers
Fed govt encouraged emigraton = Homestead Act in 1862 = 160 acres
if ……..stayed for 5yrs
Wyoming in 1869 gave F vote to atract F migrants
15th A 1870 vote to AA men not to white F = angered actvists li e Elizabeth C. Stanton &
Susan B Anthony = campaigned for aboliton of slavery & for equal VR for both AAs & F
Depth Study 1: The Gilded Age 1875-95:
TWE Did the Positon of US Women Improve During the Gilded Age?
Employment:
Industrialisaton = single young white F lef domestc service for industrial wor bbeter payy
By 1900 950K US F wor ed as teachers + secretaries
By 1890s single F with a high s l edu wor in offices as secretaries/ typewriter
Married wor ing class = wor ed out of fnancial necessity too in lodgers
F in domestc service halved 1870-1900 while no. in clerical wor increased x10 bbeter payy
++F employment only in junior low paid roles & single F expected to give up jobs when married
No legal protecton, esp in terms of health & safety, so conditons = dangerous
No. of agricultural jobs declined & wor ing conditons harsh esp Mid-West
F paid less than M bc barred from higher paid jobs & earnt less even if they did the same
wor
Sexual harassment from employers & many forced into prosttuton bin citesy
Educaton:
By 1900 ½ of high s l grads = F
F gained more access to higher edu
By 1900 at least ½ of grads delayed marriages to prolong careers
Edu white F gained no access to beter paid jobs li e law & medi = remained M dominated
Ideology:
“separate spheres” dominant & accepted by most F
Politcal:
Women’s Rights 1865-1992
Reconstructon
Industrialisaton = created jobs & meant F went from domestc service & farming factory &
office wor mechanized agriculture to F not needed = 1870-1900 wor force fell 53-37%
Westward expansion job opp for F as cleaners, coo s, nurses & teachers
Fed govt encouraged emigraton = Homestead Act in 1862 = 160 acres
if ……..stayed for 5yrs
Wyoming in 1869 gave F vote to atract F migrants
15th A 1870 vote to AA men not to white F = angered actvists li e Elizabeth C. Stanton &
Susan B Anthony = campaigned for aboliton of slavery & for equal VR for both AAs & F
Depth Study 1: The Gilded Age 1875-95:
TWE Did the Positon of US Women Improve During the Gilded Age?
Employment:
Industrialisaton = single young white F lef domestc service for industrial wor bbeter payy
By 1900 950K US F wor ed as teachers + secretaries
By 1890s single F with a high s l edu wor in offices as secretaries/ typewriter
Married wor ing class = wor ed out of fnancial necessity too in lodgers
F in domestc service halved 1870-1900 while no. in clerical wor increased x10 bbeter payy
++F employment only in junior low paid roles & single F expected to give up jobs when married
No legal protecton, esp in terms of health & safety, so conditons = dangerous
No. of agricultural jobs declined & wor ing conditons harsh esp Mid-West
F paid less than M bc barred from higher paid jobs & earnt less even if they did the same
wor
Sexual harassment from employers & many forced into prosttuton bin citesy
Educaton:
By 1900 ½ of high s l grads = F
F gained more access to higher edu
By 1900 at least ½ of grads delayed marriages to prolong careers
Edu white F gained no access to beter paid jobs li e law & medi = remained M dominated
Ideology:
“separate spheres” dominant & accepted by most F
Politcal:
