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: To support the war effort, women, including middle-class and wealthy ones, worked producing weapons, bandages, and other supplies that the soldiers needed. For the first several decades of the twentieth century, women continued to face much discrimination. Women routinely did not receive promotion to management positions. Women continued to recieve one-half to two-thirds the wages that a man received in the same position. Still, women's contributions were vital in this time. 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.