Women's Social Disabilities
One reason that there was a cause for change in women's social life.
1. Women couldn't own any property
2. All was inherited by husband
3. Lack of independence
Employers argued that women could be this.
Financially independent.
These supported the idea of women being restricted to home life.
Magazines and books.
The political group that male liberals feared would benefit from giving women the vote.
Conservatives.
These women often worked because their families were too poor to be supported off of just the husbands' earnings.
Married working class women.
What the "Married Women Property Act" allowed women to do.
Own their own property for the first time.
When women typically withdrew from the labor force.
After marriage or the birth of their first child.
This type of family size became increasingly popular.
Small.
She believed that women would only be granted the vote if they were respectable and responsible in their political activity.
Millicent Fawcett.
He invented elastic in 1820.
Thomas Hancock.
This was required of all women in 1882.
Obedience.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This was the chief determinant of each individual experience in the workforce.
Social class.
This was feared by women due to limited sanitation and anesthesia.
Childbirth.
This group turned to acts of violence to gain the vote for women.
The Suffragettes.
This device was invented in 1882, but did not become common until the 1930s.
The electric iron.
Women only had enough education to live this type of life.
Domestic.
It was in this country that the clothing trade started making uniform sizes.
Germany.
It was this European country that had very few regulations on prostitution.
Britain.
She, alongside her daughters, founded the Suffragettes.
Emmeline Pankhurst.
It was at these types of events that both men and women occasionally cross-dressed.
Masquerades.
This college was the first to open its doors to women.
University of Zurich in Switzerland.
These types of workers had the most risk of losing their job.
Women who sewed clothing.
Meekness and passivity were qualities of this religion that women internalized.
Christianity.
This country was the most influenced by the British Suffrage Movement.
The United States.
In the 19th century, many women worked here, finishing shirts or shoes, while others made boxes or lace.
Home.