Western Civilization II / Unit 9 WC2 0821 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Women's Work: Lower Wages and a Second Shift
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The idea
Working-class women labored in factories, mines and mills at lower wages, with equal-pay laws only late in the century and rarely enforced, and then did the domestic work at home. The anchor's caption: employers preferred them because they cost less.
In practice
Two shifts, one wage.
Where people slip
The largest women's employer was not the factory: 0822.
Your place on the trail
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