through journalism.
DOMESTICITY AND FAMILY; ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Source Notes Activism and Social Change. Classroom Application. Daily Life. Document. Domesticity and Family. Entertainment & Media. High School. Image. Middle School
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and journalist while completing bigger writing projects. She frequently visited Chinatowns to observe daily life and report on what she saw. Edith brought a distinctive perspective to the Chinese American story. Because she was half Chinese, she could
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opportunity to pursue life in the public sphere. In this new vision, women could go to college, work as teachers and librarians, join clubs and organizations . . . and vote. This progressive view did not necessarily contradict the traditional view of women
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sciences, she majored in chemistry because it had practical applications to daily life. This desire to connect scientific research with the real world became a key characteristic of her impressive career.
Ellen graduated from Vassar in 1870 with the goal
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one lesson daily, wherein the course for young women will not run parallel with that of the young men. This time will be devoted to special work adapted to their sphere of life. Co-education is now very widely recognized in the higher as it has been in
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argues in favor of women controlling reproduction.
WORK, LABOR, AND ECONOMY; DOMESTICITY AND FAMILY; ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Source Notes Activism and Social Change. Classroom Application. Daily Life. Domesticity and Family. Elementary School. High
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Housework and Electricity
Christmas Cheer Every Day in the Year
“Christmas Cheer Every Day of the Year,” Life Magazine, 1914. New-York Historical
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, scientific research led to widespread health reform. With greater knowledge of the human body and of the hazards of industrial and urban life, experts promoted nutrition and exercise. Traditionally, women were excluded from exercise. It was thought they were
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-York Historical Society Library.
PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0iY29udGVudC1kaXZpZGVyIj48L2Rpdj4=Women contributed to World War I in numerous critical ways. At home, canning food, conserving materials, and producing clothing and bandages for soldiers became part of daily
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frequent unplanned pregnancies.
A new child meant another mouth to feed. For poor married women, pregnancy was not a time to rest. In addition to daily housework and childcare, many of them continued to work. After spending most of their adult years
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