Men and Women Working in a Shoe Factory Office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903
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Women found new employment opportunities as the industrial and managerial revolutions of the late 19th century increased the need for office workers. There were few job opportunities in the professions, outside of nursing and teaching, so literate women often turned to office work. By 1900, women made up more than a third of clerical workers. Still, opportunity was limited--very few female office workers became office executives.
Women found new employment opportunities as the industrial and managerial revolutions of the late 19th century increased the need for office workers. There were few job opportunities in the professions, outside of nursing and teaching, so literate women often turned to office work. By 1900, women made up more than a third of clerical workers. Still, opportunity was limited--very few female office workers became office executives.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1903
Subject Date
1903
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
98.94.26.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Ink stamp on verso: No. OF NEGATIVE__ COMMERCIAL PHOTO CO. 14 BROADWAY EXTENSION BOSTON, MASS. /.
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