1877-1920 (Progressive Era)

Question 1

How did the industrial economy impact women’s roles?

Answer 1

• by 1900, nearly 5.3 million women worked
• mainly in factories, domestic service and clerical work
• But married women were expected to remain at home

Question 2

How did middle-class women influence social reform?

Answer 2

• Women like Jane Addams established settlement houses aimed to aid immigrants and working women
• The Temperance Movement 1874 fought alcohol abuse, arguing it harmed women and families

Question 3

How did female workers organise for better conditions?

Answer 3

• Clara Lemlich led the Uprising of 20,000 (1909), a strike demanding better pay and safer working conditions
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911) killed 146 women, leading to workplace reforms

Question 4

What was the impact of the 19th Amendment and when was it?

Answer 4

• 1920
• granted women the right to vote nationwide
• AA women in the South still faced voter suppression

Question 5

How did women’s economic opportunities change?

Answer 5

• rise of department stores provided jobs for women
• however women still earned less than half of men’s wages

Question 6

How did labour unions affect women?

Answer 6

• organisations like the Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor included women in their efforts but often prioritised men
• Women led key strikes such as Uprising of 20,000 in 1909, demanding better working conditions

Question 7

How did women’s suffrage activism develop?

Answer 7

• The national Woman Suffrage Association pushed for federal amendments
• The American Woman Suffrage Association focused on state-level campaigns
• They merged into NAWSA in 1890

Question 8

What were some victories for women’s suffrage during the period?

Answer 8

• western states granted women the vote earlier
• these states included wyoming, colarado, california

Question 9

what was the impact of world war one on women’s rights?

Answer 9

• worked in munitions factories, railroads and offices
• their contributions helped push the 19th amendment in 1920

Question 10

What was the major opposition during the period?

Answer 10

The national association opposed to woman suffrage claimed suffrage would make women neglect home duties and that politics was too corrupt for women