Theme 2 Increasing Educational Opportunities for Women

Question 1

PRE _ 18965

Answer 1

Gilded AGE - SLOW BUT CONTINOUS
Ву 1900, education was recognised as an important factor in creating better work opportunities for women. Half of all high school graduates were female.​
The late 19th century had witnessed an expansion of opportunities in higher education.​
However, many women still saw a good education as an important part of their preparation for marriage and motherhood.​

Question 2

1900

Answer 2

Half of women graduates began delaying marriage in order to develop a career.​
teaching or social work​
law, academia, medicine and theology were still very difficult to enter
s more women became educated, there seems to have been a link to another important social trend.​
There was a rise in the divorce rate.​
In 1880, 1 in 20 marriages ended in divorce.​
By 1900, the figure was 1 in 12.​
This startling statistic frightened those conventional Americans who still revered the concept of separate spheres​

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Question 3

ROARING 20S

Answer 3

FLAPPER WOMEN -
Challenge status quo was engaged a relatively self-contained struggle
YWCA - education for different cultural backgrounds

Question 4

50s - questionaire

Answer 4

the questionnaire asked Americans to choose from a list of jobs they would recommend for girls - jobs like
actress nurse, model, service worker, teacher fashion
boys - lawyer/doctor/business executive
The 1990s - women were. more confident