Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Turning Points: Women - Coggle Diagram
Turning Points: Women
Civil War
Social
-
-
By the end of the war, these experiences had expanded many Americans’ definitions of “true womanhood.”
In the Northern states, women organized ladies’ aid societies to supply the Union troops with everything they needed
Economic
Working-class white women and free and enslaved African-American women worked as laundresses, cooks and “matrons,” and some 3,000 middle-class white women worked as nurses
-
Political
-
Proved they could carry out ‘men’s, jobs
WWII
Social
World War II provided unprecedented opportunities for American women to enter into jobs that had never before been open to women, particularly in the defence industry
Women faced challenges in overcoming cultural stereotypes against working women and finding adequate childcare during working hours
With men away to serve in the military and demands for war material increasing, manufacturing jobs opened up to women and upped their earning power
-
-
Political
The demands of the war effort dramatically shifted static gender roles within the home, bringing more women out into the workplace than ever before
19th Amendment
-
-
Political
-
Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle—victory took decades of agitation and protest
Gilded Age
Social
Many were entering into higher education, working, and many were building the roots of the Progressive Era and modern day social services
Between 1880 and 1910, the number of women employed in the United States increased from 2.6 million to 7.8 million
-
-
WWI
Social
-
Their employment opportunities expanded beyond traditional women's professions, such as teaching and domestic work, and women were now employed in clerical positions, sales, and garment and textile factories
Economic
-
-
By 1917 women had replaced one in three men in the workforce; the biggest growth was in the munitions industry where almost a million women now worked
-
New Deal
Social
-
-
From 1930 to 1940, the number of employed women in the United States rose 24 percent from 10.5 million to 13 million
Economic
Black women had fewer restrictions as they generally had a lower socio-economic standing, but this also meant work they could find was more physical, menial and lower pay
-