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Women and the American Experience Concise, 2/e
Nancy Woloch, Barnard College
Promoting Woman's Sphere, 1800-1860

American History on the Web: Textile Factories



Read about the rise of ready-made clothing and the emerging seamstress at http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/ready.htm, http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/desperate.htm, http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t5.htm, and http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t19.htm.



1

How did a change in clothing fashion contribute to a new occupation for women?

Look at the following websites: http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t21.htm and http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/2t17.htm.



2

How did the new clothing industry reinforce a division between men and women? How did it hurt women?
3

How did the industry reinforce economic divisions among women? How did this make the concept of a "women's sphere" more complicated?








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