Women Before WW1 and Rural USA Flashcards
1
Q
How were women supposed to live?
A
Restricted lives
2
Q
How should women behave?
A
Politely
3
Q
What should they wear?
A
Plain clothes
No makeup
4
Q
What were controlled and how?
A
Relationships
Chaperones
5
Q
What couldn’t women do?
A
Sport
Public smoking
Vote
6
Q
What jobs did women do?
A
House wives Few paid jobs Cleaning Dress making Secretaries
7
Q
What attitude restricted women?
A
Church’s traditional attitude
Told them how to behave in a Christian way
8
Q
What happened to women’s jobs in 1917?
A
Some taken into war industries
Gained skilled experience
9
Q
When did women gain the vote?
A
1920
10
Q
Why did they gain the vote?
A
War contribution
