Title: American Women in the 1890s | Synonym
Headings: American Women in the 1890s
American Women in the 1890s
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1 Tending the Home Fires
2 Pulling Their Own Weight
3 Getting Out the Vote
4 Passing the Ball

Content: Married women in the workforce were typically poor immigrants and the wives of unskilled laborers whose income alone could not sustain the family. Both married and single women with minimal skills took jobs in factories and as domestics. Women with some level of education or training found work as nurses, teachers and salespeople in stores. Office jobs were available to women who conveyed proper manners and refinement and also possessed basic clerical skills. 3 Getting Out the Vote
The American woman of the 1890s began to participate in society rather than just observe it. The Women's Christian Temperance Union, which was founded in the mid-1870s, was the largest association for women and claimed 150,000 members in 1890. The organization fought chiefly for the prohibition of liquor but also addressed issues related to suffrage, labor unions and social hygiene. In 1890, various women's clubs united to form the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The National Association of Colored Women organized in 1896 for the benefit of African American women. Also in 1890, the two largest women's suffrage organizations united to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.