WST 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Equal Opportunity, Separate Spheres, Family Wage
27 Feb 2017
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Women - nameless ~ girls & name tags are smaller. How will you be recognized for the work you do if you"re nameless and faceless. & the work you do is looked upon as the work as all the other girls do. They pour a lot of tea - office wives . Do the work that you would do at home at work. Prior to industrialization - shared responsibilities survival* Worked for the survival of the family & community. Cottage industries - women take in: sewing, cooking, midwives. No social power = no political power. Setting a pay based on the assumption that he could take care of his wife & kids. Wife who had to work reflected badly on the husband"s masculinity - i can"t take care of my family. 1870 - factory worker = men - steady pay. 1890 - 17% women working for pay outside of home. Unions (white men) - powerful - lobby.
