Women Guilded Age

Question 1

Positive- Jane Addams

Answer 1

Hull House 1888 helped improve working class and immigrant lives

Question 2

Positive- YWCA 1867

Answer 2

Organisation Cared for welfare of urban women

Question 3

Positive- jobs

Answer 3

New white collar job opportunities e.g type writer

Question 4

Positive- education

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Negative- temperance

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Negative- women working

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Negative- double standards

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Negative- immigrants

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Positive- workforce

Answer 9

1/3 of workforce were women