HDFS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Woen, Pink-Collar Worker, Premarital Sex
30 Mar 2016
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Acceleration w/ spread of industrial capitalism - created factory work for immigrants. Labor for wages vs. home and kids. Sharp split - home life/work life led to concept of the separate spheres . Women"s sphere - world of home; morally pure. Place where wives could renew their husband"s spirituality and character. Right after civil war - women considered innately purer, more virtuous than men; benefit to society and men; Virtuous woman was needed at home to take care of children; Middle-class women only worked if they had to - shameful. The emergence of the modern american family 1990. Attention and energy of husband and wife increasingly centered on each other and on children. Children seen as not just needing disciple and economic support but also attention, affection, loving care. Number of children per family declined - greater investment of emotion and time. Early 1800s - 7 children avg. per women. Early 1850s - 5 children avg. per women.
