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Women in Public Life

Women in Public Life . Section 17-2 pp. 519-522. Preview Questions. What jobs did women do? What reforms did women want?. Women in the Work Force. What types of work did women do? Farm Work . Women in the Work Force. What types of work did women do ? Factory Work

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Women in Public Life

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  1. Women in Public Life Section 17-2 pp. 519-522

  2. Preview Questions • What jobs did women do? • What reforms did women want?

  3. Women in the Work Force • What types of work did women do? • Farm Work

  4. Women in the Work Force • What types of work did women do? • Factory Work • 25% of working women work in factories • Low pay and lowest skilled jobs

  5. Women in the Work Force • Office Work • Stenographers and typists • Usually required high school education • Home Work • Jobs for women without education • Large numbers of African-Americans and immigrants

  6. Women Lead Reform • Addressed Problems In • Housing • Workplace • Education • Food and Drug Laws • Mostly college educated at women’s colleges

  7. Women Lead Reform • Women Crusade for Suffrage • Began in 1848 at Seneca Falls Convention • Led by Susan B. Anthony • Three Approaches • State Legislatures • Court System • Constitutional Amendment

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