Read the sources provided below:
Emma Goldman’s statements on Having It All (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Capmaker Rose Schneiderman (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Article on the first strike by Garment makers: Mother of all Strikes (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
A Nurse in the South (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
History of domestic labor from Mother Jones: Domestic Workers’ Invisible History (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Women on the Farm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
“Breaking the ‘grass ceiling’: More women are farming” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. by Christopher Doering, Gannett Washington Bureau, USA Today March 17, 2013.
Write a 400-600 word essay that responds to the following questions – be sure to use examples to support your answers and demonstrate your understanding of the readings
In your essay describe the challenges that each of these women faced in their daily life.
What did they see as the major problems within their own society?
Do they suggest a solution to those problems?
How does Rose Schneiderman’s account relate to the article about the garment maker’s strike?
How does the history of domestic workers reflect the challenges of women to unionize? How can we generalize the experiences of the Southern Nurse?
What challenges does the Farm Woman discuss? How do the women in 1900 and the contemporary women challenge the notion of the traditional farm wife?
