Women at Work
These large-scale facilities, particularly in the textile industry, became the primary workplace for young "mill girls" seeking independence.
What are factories?
This two-word phrase describes the 19th-century belief that a woman's "natural" place was in the home, not the workplace.
What is the Seperate Sphere?
This author of Frankenstein was the daughter of a famous feminist who fought for women's rights.
Who is Mary Shelley?
This is the term for the right to vote, which women began marching for during this time.
What is Sufferage?
Early feminists fought for this basic right, which allows a person to go to school and learn to read and write.
What is education?
In the mid-1800s, this "lady with the lamp" revolutionized the profession of nursing, making it a respected career for women.
Who was Florence Nightingale?
Before factories, women worked in this "system" where they produced goods like cloth or shoes inside their own homes.
What was the Cottage Industry?
Many women used "Pen Names" that sounded like men’s names so their books would be sold in these places.
What are libraries(book stores)?
To protest poor conditions and low pay, women would often stop working and walk out of factories in this type of group action.
What is a Strike?
Before new laws were passed, women were forced to work in factories for 12 to 14 of these every single day.
What are hours?
This 1847 British Act limited the workday for women and children in textile mills to this specific number of hours.
What is the 10-hour act?
During this era, women were expected to be the "moral compass" of the home, a standard often called the "Angel in the" this.
What is the House?
She wrote Jane Eyre, a famous story about a governess who stands up for herself and wants to be treated as an equal.
Who is Charlotte Bronte?
These organized groups were formed by workers to demand better pay and shorter hours from factory owners.
What are labor unions?
In the 1800s, this "Age" was raised by reformers to protect young girls from being forced into adult work or marriage too soon.
What is the age of consent?
Often working in dangerous conditions, women in this industry were nicknamed "canaries" because the TNT they handled turned their skin yellow.
What is the explosives industry?
Because they stayed in the domestic sphere, women were often denied this "right," which would have given them a voice in making laws.
What is the "right to vote"?
Louisa May Alcott wrote this famous book about four sisters growing up and trying to earn their own money.
What is Little Women?
Many women fought for this "T" movement, which aimed to ban alcohol to keep families safer at home.
What is the Temperance?
These "Acts," named after the buildings where goods were made, were passed to make workplaces safer for women and children.
What are the factory acts?
During the Industrial Revolution, women were often paid as little as one-third to one-half of a man's wages.
What was the start of the Pay Gap?
While men went to work in factories, women were expected to stay home to raise children and perform these daily tasks, like cooking and cleaning.
What is housework?
Female writers often wrote "Protest Stories" to show how hard life was for the poor in these new, crowded industrial areas.
What are cities?
This famous formerly enslaved woman gave the "Ain't I a Woman?" speech to fight for both racial and gender equality.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Until the late 1800s, when a woman earned money at a job, it legally belonged to this person, not her.
Who was her husband?