The industrialization of America had a monumental impact on the citizens. Life of the nation’s people knew it would be revolutionized. With reconstruction comes the upsides and the downsides, so there were critics such as Henry George and Edward Bellamy. Also, this was a time of change for women, questions regarding ‘place’, purpose, and morality were too brought to light by the likes of Frances E. Willard. Many proposed ideas to improve or rebel against industrialization, but not all ideas were plausible.
To begin with, Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty, which at the time became a best-selling novel. It highlighted the flaws in the current organization of classes as an outcome of industrialization. He even went as far to say there were …show more content…
She even goes as far as to argue women work harder and longer than the majority of men, considering they take care of the house and children constantly if they aren’t at their own job. Along the lines of more economic opportunity for a woman comes Margaret Sanger, who openly advertised for birth control devices in her journal, The Woman Rebel (Foner, Eric. Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. Print.) She believed this was a key point of feminism and allowing women to prosper in the workforce. Otherwise, they bring children into the world too soon with unfit fathers. This puts their life on the backburner because another is brought into the world. Wider access to contraceptives would allow families to better care for their offspring because they would be ready for parenthood. Margaret had smart ideas about the idea of motherhood for young girls, but gaining access to contraceptives was a stretch considering mothers at the time were basically seen as “incubators.” The everyday woman could not get jobs that pay as high as men during this time making their lives more restricted. They were domesticated and raised other generations the same way due to the environmental conditions through classical …show more content…
For example, Bellamy had valid thoughts on the problem of poverty but his resolutions were not realistic with the change that was coming at the citizens. Henry did view industrialization in a very negative light, but had the most sensible solution of the two men with his single tax. Moreover, those with higher attention of the feminist ideology had more feasible ideas, but it would take a long journey in order to gain these rights they were demanding. Many changes must have been made since gender roles were not commonly challenged. Without a doubt the industrialization of America was a time of tremendous transformation, therefore women craving higher dominant and respected roles in society was bound to happen. After all, feminism was on the rise at the same time of the industrialization of this nation. You can either go with the group or get left behind living in the
To begin with, Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty, which at the time became a best-selling novel. It highlighted the flaws in the current organization of classes as an outcome of industrialization. He even went as far to say there were …show more content…
She even goes as far as to argue women work harder and longer than the majority of men, considering they take care of the house and children constantly if they aren’t at their own job. Along the lines of more economic opportunity for a woman comes Margaret Sanger, who openly advertised for birth control devices in her journal, The Woman Rebel (Foner, Eric. Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. Print.) She believed this was a key point of feminism and allowing women to prosper in the workforce. Otherwise, they bring children into the world too soon with unfit fathers. This puts their life on the backburner because another is brought into the world. Wider access to contraceptives would allow families to better care for their offspring because they would be ready for parenthood. Margaret had smart ideas about the idea of motherhood for young girls, but gaining access to contraceptives was a stretch considering mothers at the time were basically seen as “incubators.” The everyday woman could not get jobs that pay as high as men during this time making their lives more restricted. They were domesticated and raised other generations the same way due to the environmental conditions through classical …show more content…
For example, Bellamy had valid thoughts on the problem of poverty but his resolutions were not realistic with the change that was coming at the citizens. Henry did view industrialization in a very negative light, but had the most sensible solution of the two men with his single tax. Moreover, those with higher attention of the feminist ideology had more feasible ideas, but it would take a long journey in order to gain these rights they were demanding. Many changes must have been made since gender roles were not commonly challenged. Without a doubt the industrialization of America was a time of tremendous transformation, therefore women craving higher dominant and respected roles in society was bound to happen. After all, feminism was on the rise at the same time of the industrialization of this nation. You can either go with the group or get left behind living in the