Causes
Industrial Revolution: Since ancient times, women have been present in the workforce in agriculture and other tasks. As time advanced, and the Industrial Revolution began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the type of work needed in countries around the world shifted from manual labor to jobs with salaries and wages. Throughout these times women were found continuously performing tasks and eventually took up jobs in factories and textile plants. Wages were low, hours were long, and the work took a toll on the bodies of these women (Davis).
Pay Differences: In 1906, the government found that although the women were working just as hard (maybe even harder than men) the men were getting paid up to three times more than the women (Davis).
Pay Differences: In 1906, the government found that although the women were working just as hard (maybe even harder than men) the men were getting paid up to three times more than the women (Davis).
Preconceived Ideas: At the beginning of the 20th century, women transitioned from factory workers to home makers. They were expected to stay home, raise the family, and support their working husbands. Throughout the earlier 20th century, attitudes towards women and their place in society started to turn. It wasn’t until World War I that women were given the opportunity to break through into the workforce.
World War II: Women worked in factories making clothes and other goods, until World War II. As millions of men left their jobs for the war, women filled their spots, supporting the companies that were once run solely on men. Women not only took over jobs but they also joined our army. As the war came to an end, millions of women lost their jobs to the very men they replaced, yet women were still a much bigger part in the American workforce than they were before (Walker).
World War II: Women worked in factories making clothes and other goods, until World War II. As millions of men left their jobs for the war, women filled their spots, supporting the companies that were once run solely on men. Women not only took over jobs but they also joined our army. As the war came to an end, millions of women lost their jobs to the very men they replaced, yet women were still a much bigger part in the American workforce than they were before (Walker).
Effects
Industrial Revolution:
o Short-term: Women were entered into the workforce as manual labor and manufacturing jobs.
o Long-term: Today, women are welcomed into manual labor jobs as well as embraced in most workplaces, although still at a pay wage disadvantage to men.
Pay Differences:
o Short-term: Women were working just as hard as men yet not getting paid as much. Women were not able to support their families on their own.
o Long-term: Today, studies show that women are paid less than men while performing the same tasks. Many organizations, laws, and acts have been created to aid towards the equality of women in the workplace (Quirk).
Preconceived Ideas:
o Short-term: Women were not only unequal in the work place, they were seen as inferior in the home; only there to raise the children and be homemakers.
o Long-term: Women inequality led to the Feminist Movement as well as the women gaining their right to vote, and then later on becoming more predominant in the work force as well as the home and in society in general (Green).
World War II:
o Short-term: Women filled jobs of the men who left for the war, becoming more skilled in manufacturing and work place skills
o Long-term: Women broke into the work force and are now hold high paying, high respected job positions in companies all around the world.
o Short-term: Women were entered into the workforce as manual labor and manufacturing jobs.
o Long-term: Today, women are welcomed into manual labor jobs as well as embraced in most workplaces, although still at a pay wage disadvantage to men.
Pay Differences:
o Short-term: Women were working just as hard as men yet not getting paid as much. Women were not able to support their families on their own.
o Long-term: Today, studies show that women are paid less than men while performing the same tasks. Many organizations, laws, and acts have been created to aid towards the equality of women in the workplace (Quirk).
Preconceived Ideas:
o Short-term: Women were not only unequal in the work place, they were seen as inferior in the home; only there to raise the children and be homemakers.
o Long-term: Women inequality led to the Feminist Movement as well as the women gaining their right to vote, and then later on becoming more predominant in the work force as well as the home and in society in general (Green).
World War II:
o Short-term: Women filled jobs of the men who left for the war, becoming more skilled in manufacturing and work place skills
o Long-term: Women broke into the work force and are now hold high paying, high respected job positions in companies all around the world.
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Information taken from the United States Department of Labor