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261. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
… Here is one of the few generalizations that applies to all of women’s history: Women have always worked. The kinds of work that women have performed and which women are working have changed over… …  
262. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
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263. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
… But where did that leave women? They were working too, at the same domestic tasks they had always performed, mainly running households and supervising children. But this work was not paid wages,… …  
264. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
… Soon some women, almost exclusively single, joined men in the paid labor force. The best-known examples are the Lowell mill girls, who left New England farms in the 1830s and 1840s to work for low… …  
265. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
… Why did Dorothy Haener become a labor activist after World War II, when women were a minority in labor unions? Excerpt from “Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement 1941-1977,” a film by Joyce… …  
266. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
… For the rest of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, there was a steady expansion of women in the workforce, from just over 20 percent in 1920, to 35 percent in 1960, to 60 percent… …  
267. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
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268. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
… Meet the tradeswomen in Maine who helped build Liberty Ships during World War II. Video, “On the Job: Women Launching a New Tradition,” by Spring Point Media Center. (Running time 27:06) Creative… …  
269. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
… Perhaps the most interesting figure is the increase in married women working in the paid labor force. In 1920, about 9 percent of married women were in the workforce. That number grew about 2 to 3… …  
270. Women's Roles in the Workplace, Women's Roles in Modern Economy, History of Women and Work in Twentieth Century, History of Women's Work  
… Today, defining women in the workplace as either single or married, part time or full time, with or without children is a data analysis nightmare. But what all the trends suggest is that for most… …  
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1971 The Click! Moment

The idea of the “Click! moment” was coined by Jane O’Reilly. “The women in the group looked at her, looked at each other, and ... click! A moment of truth. The shock of recognition. Instant sisterhood... Those clicks are coming faster and faster. They were nearly audible last summer, which was a very angry summer for American women. Not redneck-angry from screaming because we are so frustrated and unfulfilled-angry, but clicking-things-into-place-angry, because we have suddenly and shockingly perceived the basic disorder in what has been believed to be the natural order of things.” Article, “The Housewife's Moment of Truth,” published in the first issue of Ms. Magazine and in New York Magazine. Republished in The Girl I Left Behind, by Jane O'Reilly (Macmillan, 1980). Jane O'Reilly papers, Schlesinger Library.