HNRS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Child Labor Laws In The United States, Separate Spheres, Peer Pressure

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Honors Program in General Education
• Course: HNRS 240
• Professor: Crew

Document Summary

Mothers started working and joining organizations in the community. Rise of daycares in homes to help out workers. More consideration on how to raise children psychologically. Home was a refuge to be happy with family. Children had more opinions from school peer pressure. Divorce: not open, women seeked refuge with their family, more like separation. Fathers were present & helped during childbirth instead of just sitting in waiting room. Women had property rights, especially important after divorce: women also had custody rights over children. Morality was more victorian (women not pressured to work) (cid:862)ne(cid:449) poor(cid:863): for(cid:373)erl(cid:455) (cid:373)iddle-class/working families who lost jobs and/or savings accounts. Di(cid:448)or(cid:272)e rates drop (cid:271)ut desertio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:271)roke(cid:374) fa(cid:373)ilies(cid:863) rise. If the (cid:449)ife left, the (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s (cid:373)other (cid:449)ould step i(cid:374) a(cid:374)d help arou(cid:374)d the house. U(cid:374)e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t ofte(cid:374) lo(cid:449)ered a hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d"s status (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) leadi(cid:374)g to i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease in money saving/learning role of mother and husband struggling with loss of self-esteem and authority.