GILDED AGE: Women

Question 1

Wider Debate

Answer 1

• Historians that claim progress focus on political developments of temperance movement and suffrage campaigns
• Others highlight stagnation in socio cultural and economic aspects that affected most women

Question 2

Judgement

Answer 2

• Was different for various groups of women, especially divided along class lines
• Middle + Upper class women’s situations were improved by political improvements
• Separate spheres- economic didnt change
• Negative male attitudes: socio-cultural didnt change

Question 3

How many women took part in temperance demonstrations- what could be assumed about them

Answer 3

6000 women- often if they supported temperance, they supported suffrage movement too

Question 4

What fraction did women workers make up in urban centres where textiles were important and where were these

Answer 4

• Atlanta + parts of Massachusetts

Question 5

Philadelphia statistic

Answer 5

26% of their workers were women