Women & Progressivism

Question 1

progressive women

Answer 1

• suffrage (right to vote)
• settlement houses (women step up to help immigrants)
• jane addams - hull house in chicago (educating women)

Question 2

factory reform

Answer 2

• child labor
• no longer want children working in the factory
• women’s rights in factory work
• muller v. oregon (certain jobs are too harsh for women)
• working conditions for women

Question 3

lochner v. new york

Answer 3

• length of work day for women

- changes to a 10-hour work day for women (instead of 12 or 14)

Question 4

temperance union

Answer 4

• women upset about child labor (get kids out of factories)
• “dry” reform - alcohol needs to be banned in America
• alcohol is bringing the downfall of families in america

Question 5

remember this…

Answer 5

once one group complains, or wants change, others will join in. change sometimes happens in bunches due to the snowball effect

Question 6

in 1919 _____

Answer 6

women gained the right to vote

Question 7

muller vs. oregon ___

Answer 7

argued against women working in factories