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“Women in Public Life” NEXT. I.) Women in the Work Force Changing Patterns of Living Middle & Upper-class women have more to do outside of the home. Poor.

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1 “Women in Public Life” NEXT

2 I.) Women in the Work Force Changing Patterns of Living Middle & Upper-class women have more to do outside of the home. Poor women usually have to work for wages. 2 SECTION NEXT Continued...

3 B. Women in Industry After 1900, 1 in 5 women hold jobs; 25% in manufacturing Jobs in offices, stores, classrooms require high school education Business schools train bookkeepers, stenographers, typists 2 SECTION NEXT C. Women as Domestic Workers Women without formal education take jobs as domestic workers (maids, nannies, etc. for other families) Many African-American & immigrant women do domestic labor

4 Women Lead Reform A. Women Get Involved Many female industrial workers seek to reform working conditions Women form cultural clubs, sometimes become reform groups 2 SECTION NEXT B. Women in Higher Education Many women active in public life have attended new women’s colleges (Vassar College, Smith & Wellesley College) 50% college-educated women never marry; many work on social reforms Continued...

5 C. Women and Reform Women reformers target workplace, housing, education, food, drugs National Association of Colored Women (NACW)—child care, education Susan B. Anthony of National American Woman Suffrage Assoc. (NAWSA) - works for woman suffrage, or right to vote 2 SECTION NEXT D. Three-Part Strategy for Suffrage 1. Convince state legislatures to give women right to vote 2. Test 14 th Amendment 3. Push for constitutional amendment to give women the vote

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