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Women in the Progressive Era. Questions – Pages 519-522. What kind of work was available to American women before the Civil War? How did women’s pay compare with men’s pay in factories? Why did women take white-collar jobs (ones in offices, stores, and schools)?
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Questions – Pages 519-522 • What kind of work was available to American women before the Civil War? • How did women’s pay compare with men’s pay in factories? • Why did women take white-collar jobs (ones in offices, stores, and schools)? • How did the opening of women’s colleges help create new opportunities for women? • Why were there women leaders in the movements to reform social welfare, public morals, and race relations • How did Susan B. Anthony help the cause of women?
Primary Source – The Ladies Guide to Perfect Gentility Guiding Question: What was life like for women at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries? • Step 1: Read the source and highlight or underline anything that will help you answer the guiding question
Primary Source – The Ladies Guide to Perfect Gentility Guiding Question: What was life like for women at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries? • Step 1: Read the source and highlight or underline anything that will help you answer the guiding question • Step 2: Write a short summary of what the source has to say about the guiding question
Primary Source – The Ladies Guide to Perfect Gentility Guiding Question: What was life like for women at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries? • Step 3: How does this source compare with what you read in the textbook?