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Hint	Answer
What was the average amount of children had in 1850?	5
What was the avergae amount of children had in 1900?	3
Why was the reduction in family size good for women?	It gave them more free time to focus on themselves and education
Why was the fact that women were migrating to suburban homes good for women?	They had more acess to machines that would do lanour for them such as central heating which reduced the work burden giving them more free time
What persentage of highschool graduates were women in 1900?	1/2
Why was incresed education good for women?	It challaged the steriotype that women weret capable of anything but domestic work. It gave them something to do outside the domestic sphere It opened them up to more types of jobs
Why was increased education not advancing for women?	It didnt usually translate to better jobs like it did for men and it was seen for many as just a step to a good marriage (Should only get an eduaction to impress men and be a better wife)
What types of jobs were opened up to women in 1890 because of their highschool education?	Office jobs
How much were these jobs payed?	$7 a week
What were the usual types of jobs available to women without a highschool education?	Cleaning, domestic and textile work
Why were these jobs bad for the postion of women?	Because they were low paying and reinforced the steriotype thatwomen were only good in domestic roles
Where women able to progress high up?	No as there was a glass celing preventing them from becoming managers ect
Who replaced the jobs white women left behind as they advanced to office jobs?	Migrant and African American women
What persentage of married women worked in 1870?	13%
Did married women work and why?	No because they were expected to rely on their husbands and look after the home and children
What persentage of the total workforce was female in 1900?	17%
Why was the 13th ammendment significant to women?	Because many women campaigned for the abolition of slavery so it challanged the steriotype that women couldnt moblisie and push a cause. In a sense is layed the foundation for many womens movements

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Why was the 15th ammendment significant?	Women felt they deserved the right to vote if the African Americans (who they viewed as inferior got it).
Why did the 15th ammendemnt cause problems for women?	It revealed a split in the movement of those who wanted to pair with racist southerners to appose the vote for AAs and those who didnt want to
Which womens movement campaigned for working condtion for women? Gini	The National Consumer League
When were they set up?	1899
What did they do?	They white tagged buisnesses with good working condtions and eight hour days and encouraged boycotts on one who did not
Which law came about because of them?	The Oregon LAw
What did this do?	Limited working hours for women to 10 hours
What was the most prominent womens sufferage group at the time?	NAWSA (National American Womens Sufferage Association)
How many members were in NAWSA in 1905?	17,000
How many memebers were in NAWSA in 1915?	100,000
Which group campaigned for prohibition?	Womena Christian Temperance Union
What about this group made them socially acceptable?	They were campaining for christian and family values which made their plight look relevant to them making it more socially acceptable
What fraction of women got divorced in 1880?	1/21
What fraction of women got divorced in 1900?	1/12
What did the rising divorce rate show about women?	More and more women were rejecting the family values to such a high extent and werent accepting bad tretment from men It showed they were more confident in their independance
Why were women in farming negtively impacted by this period?	There was more mechanisiation reducing the need for farmers so the only farmers that survived were male as they were seen as more valuable and competant