Gender Roles: Hull House
It was interesting when looking at images of the Hull House, to note that a large number of the individuals in photos are males. One of the most significant photos on the website is Image 32, which is a photograph of a class held in the gymnasium. What’s interesting about this picture, is that every person in the photo is a male. There is not a single female in vision. After reading the document associated with this image, I figured out that even though the picture was of all males, there was indeed a female class. Document 10, stated that the “women's Class in the Gymnasium meets every Thursday evening under the direction of Miss Rose Gyles. The class is limited to members over sixteen years of age” (Sklar et al.,“Built
It was interesting when looking at images of the Hull House, to note that a large number of the individuals in photos are males. One of the most significant photos on the website is Image 32, which is a photograph of a class held in the gymnasium. What’s interesting about this picture, is that every person in the photo is a male. There is not a single female in vision. After reading the document associated with this image, I figured out that even though the picture was of all males, there was indeed a female class. Document 10, stated that the “women's Class in the Gymnasium meets every Thursday evening under the direction of Miss Rose Gyles. The class is limited to members over sixteen years of age” (Sklar et al.,“Built