SOCIOL 2R03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Wage Labour, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Ob River
3 Nov 2016
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This idea was especially prominent in the 1800s where the businessman job emerged into the market place. From glass slippers to glass ceilings women dimensions of inequality: victorian ideal of motherhood emphasized a woman"s only aspiration should be to be a mother. Bare children, be warm, nurturing, do housework, etc. Europe in the 1840s: by the turn of the 20th century, a full fth of us women were paid labour force, many of these women were immigrants trying to provide for their families in us cities. Women were expected to leave the force once married. Some professions such as teaching, even made this a requirement: if a middle-class women lost her husband, they were stuck in a hard situation. Quite employment like using their homes as boardinghouses to gain income: the surge in immigration in the us declined sharply after the 1920s but the rise in women"s labour force participation did not.
