Women Guilded Age Flashcards

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Positive- Jane Addams

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Hull House 1888 helped improve working class and immigrant lives

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Positive- YWCA 1867

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Organisation Cared for welfare of urban women

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3
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Positive- jobs

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New white collar job opportunities e.g type writer

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4
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Positive- education

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50% graduates women= more job opportunities. However most in uni looking for marriage

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5
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Negative- temperance

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60,000 took part In temperance demonstrations, including women in church. Association with temp weakened focus

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6
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Negative- women working

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85% still didn’t work shows lack of female support

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7
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Negative- double standards

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While women roles did expand Double standards still existed as wages unequal

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8
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Negative- immigrants

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Immigrants 1880/90 led women from south and Eastern Europe working from poor homes. Domestic work associated with immigrants and lost status

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9
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Positive- workforce

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1/3 of workforce were women

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