Women - Gilded Age and New Deal

In 1870 what % of the total workforce were unmarried women compared to 1900?

13% and 17%

by 1900 one in how many women worked?

one in seven

how much could a white collar female worker earn in a week?

$7

Young immigrant women could work for 70 hrs a week to earn what?

$5

by 1900 what % of high school applicants were female?

50%

what % of college graduates were women?

25%

when was Jane Adam’s Hull House established?

1889

by 1900 how many settlement houses were there?

100

how many Black women were members of the National Association of Coloured Women (NACW)?

50,000

in 1870 which two states granted women full suffrage?

Utah and Wyoming

in 1933 how many women were unemployed?

2 million

when was the Fair Labour Standards Act?

1938

in 1939 a female teacher doing the same job as a male would earn what % less?

20%

what % of jobs in the Public Works Administration went to women?

7%

how many women did the Works Progress Administration employ in 1936?

460,000

during the 1930s by how much did female membership of Unions increase?

3x