HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Male Privilege, Vigilante, In Essence
22 Apr 2016
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Tutorial # 1 - questions: meyerowitz: women and migration . They migrated most often because of their need for work. Push of economic hardship at home and the pull of the availability of work in the city. Womens typical ways to support the family (sewing, baking, spinning) were replaced by industrialization; became a burden on the family if she wasn"t working somehow. Some migrated after death/divorce/desertion since their primary breadwinner was no longer around. Women were told there was plenty of business in chicago and went there if they lost their job. When women"s services were replaced by industrial machines, their use at home became limited; men were physically more able to perform rural chores, and women could do little to contribute. As a result, their use was most fitting in the cities, where little physical effort was needed to earn wages compared to rural communities. In essence, their stereotypical chores and physical weakness were their undoing.
