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Women were available in great numbers and they were willing to work for low 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 ...
Women were available in great numbers and they were willing to work for low 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 ...
Page 52
... the relatively skilled and educated New England farm- ers ' daughters came into competition with unskilled and des- perately needy immigrant women who had no choice but to work at the barest subsistence wages . Within a decade immi- ...
... the relatively skilled and educated New England farm- ers ' daughters came into competition with unskilled and des- perately needy immigrant women who had no choice but to work at the barest subsistence wages . Within a decade immi- ...
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At the other end of the social scale , tens of thousands of immigrant women and girls lived in poverty and misery in crowded tenements , and worked long hours for pitiful wages . Here family life was reduced to a desperate struggle for ...
At the other end of the social scale , tens of thousands of immigrant women and girls lived in poverty and misery in crowded tenements , and worked long hours for pitiful wages . Here family life was reduced to a desperate struggle for ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |
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| Title | The Woman in American History Specialized studies in American history series |
| Author | Gerda Lerner |
| Publisher | Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0201042274, 9780201042276 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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