WITH RICK ELDERUNIT 7

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• Greetings and Welcome to our seminar for Unit 7.

Now for my Upper Michigan slide of the Week. This is to me an interesting one. No women worked in the operations of the

Jackson Iron Company, but there were a lot of women and children in the company town of Fayette, MI. The women here worked in traditional roles of the time for women. This location was very isolated and could only be reached by boat or on foot in 1880.

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Snail Shell Harbor -- Fayette State Park -- Garden, Michigan

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Jackson Iron Company - - Coke Furnaces Fayette Town Site -- Garden, Michigan

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Source: KU class web site SS360.

In unit 7, you will focus on the growing freedom women gained in expressing themselves and the changing gender roles that were associated with that freedom.

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You will determine the success of the women's suffrage movement, explore the impact of the Depression and the New Deal on women’s lives, and look at the significant differences that emerged between White, Black, and immigrant women's experiences during these times.

Source: KU class web site SS360.

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LEARNING OUTCOMESAfter completing this unit, you should be able toExamine women’s working lives and attempts to

improve working conditions. Discuss the suffrage movement, the Nineteenth

Amendment, and its effect on the role of women in society.

Assess the idea of the New Woman and the role of the media in creating that image.

Analyze the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on prescribed gender roles for women of all races.

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You will read chapter Reading: You will read chapters 8 and 9 in Through Women’s Eyes.

These two chapters cover 45 years of time from 1900 – 1945.

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This week, you will discuss a variety of topics including women’s unions and work issues, women and progressivism, and the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on women’s work.

Source: KU class web site SS360.

The Great Depression

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"Children and Sugar Beets" By L.C. Harmon, Hall County, Nebraska, October 17, 1940National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (16-G-Box 159-AAA-6437W) [VENDOR # 75]

The Great Depression

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Women at Work

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Typists Were Needed

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Get a War Job!

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Rosie the Riveter

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Just for fun

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Source; Mc Cain-Palin 2008

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DB Question 1:

Many important reforms were achieved during the Progressive Era, including women's suffrage and some legislation that hoped to alleviate some of the deplorable working conditions many women faced.  What types of arguments did white women use to gain support for the reforms they hoped to achieve and how did these arguments differ for women of other races? Do you think these arguments were valid? Why or why not? How did the reforms sought for women reflect deeply held basic assumptions about gender roles?

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DB Question 2:Review the images and text on pages 570-583

of Through Women’s Eyes. How did the Great Depression and World War II affect women’s work lives? How are these changes reflected in the advertisements and documentary photographs? Are these realistic images or is there a message they are intended to convey?

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In this week’s seminar, we will examine the changing sexuality of American women and its relationship to popular culture.

Source: KU class web site SS360.

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Project: You will submit your thesis statement and annotated bibliography for your final project.

In a few sentences, describe your topic for the final paper and the approach you plan to take. Include a thesis statement which tells the reader what the overall objective of your paper will be. You should also provide an annotated bibliography, listing at least three sources you will be using in your paper, with a short description of each source. At least one of your sources must be something other than a webpage. A newspaper or magazine article that you have accessed via the internet would count as a non-webpage source.

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Are you clear about what an annotated bibliography is?

This is the time to go over it. What about a thesis statement?The whole project for this week does not

need to be longer than one full page – but still put a title on it and a page number.

I have an example of a good annotated bibliography in the Doc Sharing section of your class menu (tabs).

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Some important events from this time and some important women.

Women’s Trade Union League. Mary Kenney O’Sullivan – book binder

– labor organizer – Pg. 458. The “leisure class” woman. The Triangle Shirt Waist Fire – Pg.

461.

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Some important events from this time and some important women.

American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the International Workers of the World (IWW).

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn – Labor organizer. Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL). International Ladies Garment Workers

Union (ILGWU).

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Some important events from this time and some important women.

Women's Suffrage map on Page 475. Madame CJ Walker. Early feminism. Sacajawea Monument – Page 477. Margaret Sanger and birth control. Pg. 480. 19th Amendment Ratified 1920. Pg. 489.

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Source: KU class web site SS360.

Some important events from this time and some important women.

Ch. 9.

Flappers, The New Woman in Politics, The New Woman in Home, Movies, Sex, and Consumerism.

Women in the work place.

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Some important events from this time and some important women.

Aimee Semple McPherson

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I hope you have enjoyed our seventh seminar, and I look forward to reading your Discussion Board responses this week.

This is it for this week. Have a good week and we will chat again next Wednesday.

Rick Elder, KU