New Women (1st Gen) (oct 14, 1850 – sep 3, 1900)
Description:
Born in mid 19th CenturyMiddle class women
Insisted upon right to education
Higher education gave wom greater aspirations
Some women organized parallel women’s organizations / some fought way into men’s associations
Settlement houses, municipal reform, suffrage movement, temperance, Negro Women’s clubs,
Women’s Christian Temperance Union - Frances Willard
Hull House - Jane Addams
Lillian Wald
Henrys Street Settlement
Challenged idea that allows followed husband
50% of college grad women didn’t marry men
Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 14, 1850
sep 3, 1900
~ 49 years