Women Gilded Age cards 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryAmerica - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelOCR Created by: KerrygraceCreated on: 06-06-17 13:56 What were the main developments of the gilded age? industralisatio, mid west expansion, migration into cities, new technologies 1 of 30 what were the main social issues in the Gilded Age? Voting rights, temperance, provision of welfare and accomodation for the poorest, black rights 2 of 30 What types of jobs grew in the Gilded age for women? Clerical work, teaching, social work, receptionists, in the food and textile industry 3 of 30 How many women by 1900 worked in teaching/secretary 950,000 4 of 30 What was the increase in clerical work? 10x 5 of 30 what two technological developments were key in the gilded age? Typewriter and Telephone 1876 6 of 30 what type of women benefitted from this work? single, high school educated women 7 of 30 How many high school grads women in 1900 half of grads were female 8 of 30 what educational opportunties improved 35 nurses training shools and in the west co-educational faciltes 9 of 30 what changes in the law were there in the gilded age? By 1865 29 states passed acts protecting womens rights to own property, 2/3 of states had given married women control of their earnings 10 of 30 what did the birth rate fall to? 5.4 to 3.4 from 1850-1900 11 of 30 what did the divorce rate change to from 1880 to 1990 1 in 21 to 1 in 12 12 of 30 by 1880's how many women trade unions were there? 100 13 of 30 what did marry harris Jones do? Organised a mine workers wives strike to oppose strike breakers 14 of 30 In Atlanta how many women were in the workforce? 1/3 15 of 30 Why was that? It was a textile city and new due to economic growth more opportunties for womem 16 of 30 why was the Gilded age so limited in terms of womens progress? only beneitted the a small amount, single young educated white women 17 of 30 why did ethinic minorities not benefit? racist attitudes - they were trapped in unskilled labour 18 of 30 what type of work were ethinic minorities trapped in? domestic service and agricultral work 19 of 30 why did married women benefit less than single women? The prevailing social expectation that married women had to leave their jobs and enter the domestic sphere 20 of 30 why were job opportunities limited? no acsess to high paid professsions including medicine or law, still low paid 21 of 30 why was their limited working condition protection? Laissez faire economic policy the goverment had no desire to help standards 22 of 30 What events shows the horrific working conditions? The Traingle Shirt Waist fire 1911 23 of 30 what were the issues for women in cities? overcrowdedness, migrants were in crowded cities taking in lodgers 24 of 30 why could landlords charge such high rents? lack of housing and government policy 25 of 30 Which area of NY was particulally overcrowded? Lower East side - housed the most recent migrants 26 of 30 when were the comstock laws put in place? 1873 27 of 30 what was the limitations of Hull house movement limited small scale impact - did not help the millions of poor women 28 of 30 what was the problem with no womens representation in government/ men were deciding on womens issues such as comstock laws 29 of 30 How many hours did it take for a factory immigrant worker to earn $5? 70 hours 30 of 30
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