Title: Women in the Industrial Workforce - Ohio History Central
Headings: Women in the Industrial Workforce
Women in the Industrial Workforce
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Content: Women factory workers sometimes made the difference in their families' lives, providing the necessary income to house and feed their loved ones. Also, women's contributions during World War I helped lead to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted adult women the right to vote. Unhappy with the discriminatory practices of some employers, women sought protection from these actions by forming unions. Most early national unions initially prohibited women from joining these organizations. Seeking relief from discrimination at work, women formed their unions, hoping that, together, the women could attain more opportunity. Organizations, such as the Domestic Workers of America, succeeded in providing women with enhanced benefits. Despite these successes, studies in the early twenty-first century suggested that women typically received twenty-one percent lower wages than men working in the same positions. See Also
American Civil War
First Women's Rights Movement
Women
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Female Protective Union
References
Tentler, Leslie Woodcock. Wage-Earning Women: Industrial Work and Family Life in the United States, 1900-1930.