Women - Gilded Age

Question 1

What groups of Women progressed during the Gilded Age?

Answer 1

Upper and middle class women

Question 2

What were Boston Marriages?

Answer 2

Women living together to help support each other

Question 3

What activism groups for women formed during the Gilded Age?

Answer 3

NWSA
AWSA
-These eventually formed into the NAWSA
-There is also the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement which advocated for prohibition
-In general these activism groups were big as women began to protest which they hadn’t done previously

Question 4

What continuity was there for Women during the Gilded Age?

Answer 4

-Immigrant, working class and AA women see very little changes
-Gender expectations unchanged

Question 5

How did education opportunities for women increase during the Gilded Age?

Answer 5

-Women’s colleges began to open such as:
-Vassar College (1861)
-Smith College (1871)
-Wellesley College (1875)

Question 6

How did industrialisation impact women?

Answer 6

-It meant they could get jobs working in textile mills, garment factories and service
-However, their pay was far below men and would only match theirs by 1963

Question 7

How did women further politically during the Gilded Age?

Answer 7

-Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to try run for president in 1870
-Married women’s property acts

Question 8

Overall, how did Women further their civil rights during the Gilded Age?

Answer 8

By fighting back against gender norms