The Woman in American HistoryAddison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 - 207 pages |
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Page 44
... wages . Generally , thirty to fifty percent of the wages paid to male teachers seemed appropriate for females . When Susan B. Anthony worked as a schoolteacher , her wages were two dollars a week and board , little more than she had ...
... wages . Generally , thirty to fifty percent of the wages paid to male teachers seemed appropriate for females . When Susan B. Anthony worked as a schoolteacher , her wages were two dollars a week and board , little more than she had ...
Page 52
... wages . Within a decade immi- grant workers and the poorest of native workers replaced farm girls in the mills and marked these factory occupations as the lowest in pay and status . Women remained untrained , casual labor , and soon ...
... wages . Within a decade immi- grant workers and the poorest of native workers replaced farm girls in the mills and marked these factory occupations as the lowest in pay and status . Women remained untrained , casual labor , and soon ...
Page 94
... wages . Here family life was reduced to a desperate struggle for sur- vival , as the home became a sweatshop in which children and their elders did piecework . Gradually , working girls organized in their own behalf , joined men in the ...
... wages . Here family life was reduced to a desperate struggle for sur- vival , as the home became a sweatshop in which children and their elders did piecework . Gradually , working girls organized in their own behalf , joined men in the ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |