Impact of Industrialization: Working Women (SOC, WXT) (mar 5, 1880 – mar 5, 1930)

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In the 1900s about 20 percent of women worked for wages and out of the house. Usually these women were young and single and only a small portion of married women worked outside the home since society believes that as long as the family can afford it a woman should not be working outside a home. These women usually worked jobs that society deemed as being an extension from home. Women usually worked in factories that specialized in fabrics, garments, and food processing. But as demands for other professions rose, many women began occupying jobs that were once occupied by men. It started with a deficiency in male clerical workers, which women began occupying roles as clerical workers. Soon after many male dominated jobs were taken by women like secretary work, bookkeeper, typing, and telephone operations. As a result, these professions that became feminized received lower wages and lost their social status over the years.

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