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Woloch Women and the American Experience Book Cover
Women and the American Experience Concise, 2/e
Nancy Woloch, Barnard College
Women at Work, 1860-1920

Essay Quiz



1

To what extent did the Civil War have an impact on women's work?
2

How did gender shape the expectations and opportunities of employed women in the years 1860-1920?
3

What challenges did efforts to unionize women workers face in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
4

To what extent did women's paid labor in the years 1860-1920 foster autonomy?
5

What were the advantages/disadvantages of protective labor laws for women workers?
6

Assess the impact of industrialization on women workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.








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