1. Women in Public Life OBJECTIVES:
Trace women’s growing presence in the turn-of-the- century workforce.
Summarize women’s leadership in reform movements and the effort to achieve woman suffrage

2. Women in the Work Force
The cult of domesticity began to wear off during the Industrial Revolution
Many African American and immigrant women began to work
In 1870, roughly 70% of female jobs were as servants
By 1900, women were working in factories, laundries and canneries.
As business expanded, women began to take “white collar” jobs
Teaching, stenographers, bookkeepers, typists etc.

3. Women Leadership in Reform
Women began to attend college in the late 19th century
Schools like Harvard and Columbia who did not allow women established colleges for women
NACW – National Association of Colored Women
Managed nurseries, reading rooms and kindergartens
Allowed African American women to have an impactful role in society

4. Right to vote
Women fought for suffrage
Women fought for suffrage in 3 different approaches
1. State level (Wyoming 1869)
2. Pursued court cases to test 14th Amendment
3. Push for a national amendment
Susan B. Anthony- was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement
“Would sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for black man and not for women.”
- S.B.A.
Women formed the NAWSA, National American Woman Suffrage Association
Through their efforts, they did not achieve suffrage but brought the issue to the public.
The 19th Amendment was finally passed in 1919.

5. TERMS NACW Suffrage Susan B. Anthony NAWSA OBJECTIVES:
Trace women’s growing presence in the turn-of- the-century workforce.
Summarize women’s leadership in reform movements and the effort to achieve woman suffrage