Title: SOCIAL - U.S. Urbanization During the Gilded Age
Headings: 
“The old familiar relations between employers and employee
were passing. A few generations before the boss had known men by their first names, asked about the family and swapped jokes and stories with them. Today, you have the large factories, the personal touch is gone!”
-Theodore Roosevelt
Women's Roles Change Because of Urbanization
Family Life Dwindles in the City
Child Labor
Poor Living Conditions
American Literature
Farmers' Lives Change in the Gilded Age

Content: Urbanization was the circumstance that women needed to break out of their former roles as homemakers, and to get out into the world. They could now make their voices heard and fight for their own rights, this was a positive outcome of urbanization, that helped further the women's rights movement. Family Life Dwindles in the City
Previous to urbanization in the United States, families would live and work on farms. Children used to be extra hands to help with work around the farm, but in the city they were extra mouths to feed. Because of this, family size began to shrink and birthrates dropped. Couples also began to learn the techniques of birth control. Children and mothers began to work too, to make ends meet in the city. Families spent less time together as a result of spending a majority of time working. It was a very stressful time for families and many marriages ended in divorce. Making it even more important for women to work to support themselves and their children without a husband to help take care of things.