Monday, March 22, 2010
Cry of Freedom-Women
While reading the Battle Cry for Freedom, I found it very interesting that during the mid 1800's, a large percentage of women worked outside the home. I was always taught and believed that women started working woutside the home during WWII (briefly) and then again during my lifetime. There has always been a stigma about women working outside the home and guilt placed upon women for working. When in reality it's just a cycle like everything else.
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As I remember in the reading, it was common for women to work because it was an extension or normalcy in that homemaking was "womens" work meaning that food, clothing, etc. was what women did. With the Industrial Revolution they did what they had done at home at a "factory" for income. What do you think?
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