1. Ch. 9 Section 4 Changing Roles of Women
Margaret Sanger

2. Changing Roles of Women
“The Woman Question”-debate about the roles of women in society.

3. Women’s Equality? Supporters of Equality Be allowed to vote
Allowed to control their property and income
Able to receive higher education
Hired for professional jobs
Against Female Equality
It will disrupt the social order —Dad in charge, Mom takes care of kids…
It will destroy feminity —women will begin to act like men!

4. Women’s Work at Home Most homes do not have electricity
-By 1917-only 25% have electricity
New Items to Help at Home
-carpet sweeper electric vacuum
-canned food -premade biscuits
-washing machine -store bought clothes
-cereal

5. Women’s Work at Home Brand Names Become Popular -Jell-o
-Campbell’s soup
-Hershey’s chocolate
-Morton salt
-Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
-Post Grape Nuts

6. Women As Consumer’s Department Stores -cater to women
-offer wide variety of goods unlike old general stores
-broken down by departments

7. Women as Consumers Do you recognize any of these stores?
-Marshall Fields
-Macy’s
-Hudson’s
-J.C.Penney
-Montgomery Ward
-Kresge’s
-Woolworth’s
-Sears, Roebuck & Co.

8. Women as Consumers
Chain stores- located at different sites but have the same owner and will sell the same items. Cheaper because the owner can buy the items in bulk.
-Woolworth’s Five and Dime is an example

9. Women as Consumers
mail-order catalog -printed materials of what could be purchased by mail.
rural free delivery -free delivery offered by U.S. Post Office to farm families in rural areas.

10. Women Outside the Home Most women who worked were single.
Work was frowned upon for married women.
Women make 60% of men’s salaries $3-5 weekly.

11. Women’s Occupations Professional nurses teachers social workers
Unskilled
domestic servants (maids, cooks, servants, laundry)
telephone operators
shoe or textile factories
Professional
nurses
teachers
social workers
- clerical

12. Women’s Clubs & Volunteer Groups
Help give women:
1. public speaking opportunities
2. self-confidence
3. organizational skills
4. recognition
5. socialization opportunities

13. Clubs and Volunteering examples
-New England Women’s Club-service
-Daughters of the American Revolution-citizenship
-Chicago’s Women’s Club-Reading
-Women’s Christian Temperance Union-limit alcohol

14. The Woman Question by 1900
Along with economic and political rights includes:
1. How should women dress and behave?
-Shorter hair
-Shorter dresses
-wear skirts and blouses

15. The Woman Question by 1900 What about courting and marriage?
“new women”
-dated without supervision
-had higher divorce rates-
was 1 out of 12 in 1900
now 1 out of 9 by 1916
-wanted birth control advice- Margaret Sanger

16. The Woman Question by 1900
Domestic fulfillment was still the chief goal of women.