Leisurely, the Industrial Revolution and Individualism article states, “Young single women had far more freedom of action in industrial cities than they would on farm households” (Chamberlain, 2018, p.2). Experiencing freedom outside the home, women were introduced to large amounts of leisurely activities. The article Recreation and Social Chaperonage in the Progressive Era discusses the activities enjoyed during this time, “A wide variety of commercial recreational venues soon developed to serve them – nickelodeons, vaudeville shows, sporting events, amusement parks, and the highly popular dance halls” (Rosoff, 1999, p.37). The growth of women’s public roles didn’t stop with new leisure activities for them to enjoy, they influenced change
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With little to no other options besides factory labor, women often took the hazardous jobs. Factory labor required strenuous labor and life-threatening conditions. For example, the Triangle Waist Company building went up in flames in 1911. The Triangle Fire article emphasizes the severity mentioning, “146 out of 500 employees died” (The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire”, 2018). The large number of casualties could have been reduced if the Triangle Waist Company didn’t have severe fire hazards of fabric piles up to the ceiling, or if the employers didn’t lock the door before exiting the building in fear the women may steal (“The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire”, 2018). Women of all races withheld factory jobs across America, the article Women’s Industrial Workers Organizing mentions, “With their jobs varying as widely as their national origins, the only constant was their meager wages and poor working conditions” (Barrett, 1999, p.43). On average, many women made less than 6 dollars per week (Barrett, 1999, p.43). Many women immigrants held dangerous factory jobs, the Triangle Fire article emphasizes their struggle, “Speaking out (immigrants) could end with loss of desperately needed jobs, a prospect that forced them to endure personal indignities and severe exploitation” (“The 1911 Triangle Factory …show more content…
Boarding schools like Tomah Indian Industrial School, harshly and strictly focused the school primarily on English assimilation” (“Americanization and the Bennett Law”, 2004). The Native American children forced into these boarding schools rarely got to visit with family and had to cope with these feelings by writing letters to their parents. The children faced harsh and inadequate conditions, children were to forget their Native American name, receiving a new American name, which if they didn’t comply they would be beaten. Society and education was extremely different depending on the race and social class of the child. These boarding schools transformed the children with fear, homesickness, and disease. Most of the staff either were not adequate to teach or to take care of these children. The textbook mentions, “Of the twenty-five Ute students sent to boarding school in Albuquerque in 1883, twelve died” (Jabour, 2005, p.242). This is just one example, children from various boarding schools died or suffered severe illnesses. Two reasons for the spread of disease throughout boarding schools was the availability of usually just one bathroom for the whole boarding school and the schools were hardly ever cleaned. With new heavy education and industrialization
With little to no other options besides factory labor, women often took the hazardous jobs. Factory labor required strenuous labor and life-threatening conditions. For example, the Triangle Waist Company building went up in flames in 1911. The Triangle Fire article emphasizes the severity mentioning, “146 out of 500 employees died” (The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire”, 2018). The large number of casualties could have been reduced if the Triangle Waist Company didn’t have severe fire hazards of fabric piles up to the ceiling, or if the employers didn’t lock the door before exiting the building in fear the women may steal (“The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire”, 2018). Women of all races withheld factory jobs across America, the article Women’s Industrial Workers Organizing mentions, “With their jobs varying as widely as their national origins, the only constant was their meager wages and poor working conditions” (Barrett, 1999, p.43). On average, many women made less than 6 dollars per week (Barrett, 1999, p.43). Many women immigrants held dangerous factory jobs, the Triangle Fire article emphasizes their struggle, “Speaking out (immigrants) could end with loss of desperately needed jobs, a prospect that forced them to endure personal indignities and severe exploitation” (“The 1911 Triangle Factory …show more content…
Boarding schools like Tomah Indian Industrial School, harshly and strictly focused the school primarily on English assimilation” (“Americanization and the Bennett Law”, 2004). The Native American children forced into these boarding schools rarely got to visit with family and had to cope with these feelings by writing letters to their parents. The children faced harsh and inadequate conditions, children were to forget their Native American name, receiving a new American name, which if they didn’t comply they would be beaten. Society and education was extremely different depending on the race and social class of the child. These boarding schools transformed the children with fear, homesickness, and disease. Most of the staff either were not adequate to teach or to take care of these children. The textbook mentions, “Of the twenty-five Ute students sent to boarding school in Albuquerque in 1883, twelve died” (Jabour, 2005, p.242). This is just one example, children from various boarding schools died or suffered severe illnesses. Two reasons for the spread of disease throughout boarding schools was the availability of usually just one bathroom for the whole boarding school and the schools were hardly ever cleaned. With new heavy education and industrialization