From the Lowell factory workers to the feminized role of the American schoolteacher, women began to make professional strides during the first half of the 19th century.
Log in HazelSound a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to HazelSound's post “Why were the machines so ...” Why were the machines so dangerous? Couldn,'t they make them safer? • (8 votes) rachel (: a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to rachel (:'s post “They probably favored eff...” They probably favored efficiency and expediency over safety; like most business owners of that time, their priorities were profit and profit only. (18 votes) iprema07 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to iprema07's post “Did women have a chance t...” Did women have a chance to earn a degree in a college? What types of jobs did women have to do before this time period? • (6 votes) Joshue Trevino 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Joshue Trevino's post “Many women didn't have th...” Many women didn't have the chance to go to college, or gain a degree, so jobs was very limited for women. (16 votes) RJ5446 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to RJ5446's post “What church were they for...” What church were they forced to attend? Was it Roman Catholic, Christian, Mormon..? • (4 votes) David Alexander 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “The requirement that thes...” The requirement that these young women attend church was less about making them believe any particular thing than it was about assuring their parents that they would not be immoral while living outside of the home. It probably mattered little to the owners of the mills to which church young women went, so long as they went to one for an hour on Sunday morning. (10 votes) parker 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to parker's post “Why does this have us rea...” Why does this have us read so much? • (0 votes) David Alexander 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “There's a lot to read in ...” There's a lot to read in this lesson because women are important, and their labor has been devalued for too long. So, even though it may be difficult, you should do it to honor your mother. (25 votes) Abiel 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Abiel's post “What did the women do in ...” What did the women do in a situation of harassment? • (5 votes) santosmruiz08 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to santosmruiz08's post “Nothing probably. They w...” Nothing probably. They were having kids from their boss at a median age of 19. (3 votes) oscar.reeves03 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to oscar.reeves03's post “What parts of the world t...” What parts of the world today are starting to become more like this around the world or even are more regressive than this? • (2 votes) vicky o'connor 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to vicky o'connor's post “Well, you could consider ...” Well, you could consider North Korea, although that is not even in the same ball park. (4 votes) Alex Zhao 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Alex Zhao's post “Why did slaveholders have...” Why did slaveholders have children with female slaves if they didn't consider slaves as equal humans? • (3 votes) Wolfy 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to Wolfy's post “Slaveowners viewed slaves...” Slaveowners viewed slaves as an economy of sorts, so by raping the female slaves they were replacing their "workforce" with fresh blood which would also be abused. Equality had very little to do with it. Here's the catch, by having so many children with their slaves, they mixed races, creating generations of people that were not black or while, but a mix of the two, and this made it far more difficult for slaveowners to decide who got what rights based on race. This heavily aided the abolition movement. I hope this helps! (1 vote) YourAverageJoe 2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to YourAverageJoe's post “When a woman got married,...” When a woman got married, she would then leave the factory, correct? • (2 votes) David Alexander 2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “That was generally the ca...” That was generally the case. If not "when married", then "when visibly pregnant". (2 votes) ava.collom 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to ava.collom's post “How was the labor movemen...” How was the labor movement connected to the first women’s rights movement? • (2 votes) David Alexander 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “These were coincidental, ...” These were coincidental, but intersectional, especially when it involved the Ladies Garment Workers Union. Here's the website: https://ilgwu.ilr.cornell.edu/history/ (1 vote) Patrick Gardner 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Patrick Gardner's post “how did race determine th...” how did race determine the professional options of woman in the early 1800s • (0 votes) Scout Finch 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Scout Finch's post “Well, in the early 1800s,...” Well, in the early 1800s, most African American women were enslaved, so they had almost no options. Not sure about Native American women, but there was definitely a lot of discrimination in both gender and race. (4 votes)Want to join the conversation?
Worse still is was more limited due to men believing that women had no place in a factory.
Even if women did get a job in a factory, they were paid less than men. Most women usually worked at home making food and self-made products.
