WOMS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mines And Collieries Act 1842, Putting-Out System, Feminine Hygiene
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Women and work, part 2: american women and work: a brief history, 1700-1980s. Pink tax: makes goods marketed toward women more expensive than similar goods for men (in addition to men being paid more than women) sales tax on feminine hygiene products. Women may help you clean your house and raise your kids (does she have all that you do?) The differences between stay at home and working women. African american women fought for the right to just be mothers, and not having to have a public job. Women"s rights movement connected to questions of labor. Term for the situation in which all members of a family must earn wages and share them for the family to survive. Development of the cottage industry/ putting out system. People at home making goods from raw materials that are given to them. Benefits: able to work at home, not as replaceable/people are dependent on them, work is more visible (getting paid)