SOSC 1185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Occupational Segregation, Great Lakes, Industrial Revolution
25 Aug 2016
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Around 20th century, women were categorized (ghettoization) in 4 occupational groups. Still important tasks, not just household work. Contract domestic service work for young girls for housing, older widowed women worked as cook, bartender, washers, borders (paying guest), midwives: early industrialization. Industrial revolution affected canada later around mid-nineteenth century (great lakes and st. lawrence) By 1870s, factory system was dominating in toronto and montreal. Clear structural gender division was introduced to produce gender division. Children were increasing expected to go to school. Characterized by a distinct gender roles; breadwinner as men, and. Women and children also work at the factories with the men as men could not find jobs or support the family with the wage he made. Because expansion economy that is now a wage-based economy. Weren"t able to do things that allowed them to sustain themselves such as farming in the city so they were dependent on jobs.
