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Progressive Era, The: Women in the Workforce
It is rare for a woman to hold public office in the early 20th century much less enter professions dominated by men. When women engage in "women's jobs" there is not much controversy. It is in higher earning and more prestigious areas like medicine ...
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America in a World At War: Women at Work during the War
During World War II, women are drawn in increasing numbers into the workforce and into roles once denied to them. Historians who have studied this period conclude that the workforce remains segregated, although some categories of employment switch o...