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What were the gender differences in 1912?
Being of the male gender during 1912 meant that you were automatically endowed with the capability to disregard and treat women as an inferior race, especially if they were of a higher class or materialistic worth.
Why shouldn’t we get higher wages?
Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices. And I don’t see why she should have been sacked just because she’d a bit more spirit than the others.”
How were women’s roles different in 1912 1945?
1912 to 1945: This was the period of the Russian Revolution, two appalling world wars, the Holocaust and the Atom Bomb. Class distinctions had been greatly reduced as a result of two world wars. Women were subservient to men. All a well off women could do was get married; a poor woman was seen as cheap labour.
What was life like for women in 1912?
Know it. Women in 1912 were treated very differently to how they are treated now. They were not allowed to vote and were portrayed as gentle and demure. As a result, they were often treated as children. Upper class women lived their lives by following the rules of etiquette.
What was the average age in the United States in 1912?
However, by 1912 most children were leaving school at 13 years. Only a privileged 1% went into higher education. In 1912 there were 20,000 university students. The average age was 25 (39 in 2012). Women were second class citizens, without the right to vote, and earning only 50% to 60% wage for the same job as men.
Why was divorce so bad for women in 1912?
Divorce was still shunned and most women stayed in a bad marriage because they were so reliant on their husband. If a woman was divorced she faced the possibility of losing her friends and place in society.
What did the BCGA do for women in 1912?
From 1912, after the BCGA- a compressed Gas company- was founded to reduce labour and reach female customers, door to door salemen and accessible salesrooms displayed the latest cookers, vacuum cleaners and electric irons.