Describe and compare the progress made to secure rights for women (economically, educationally, legally, politically etc.) between 1870 and 1900

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Describe and compare the progress made to secure rights for women (economically, educationally, legally, politically etc.) between 1870 and 1900

It was in the 18hundreds that women first started to go to work. At first they were only allowed to do “women’s jobs”. These jobs were boring, repetitive and menial with very low pay. Some women started to become teachers. This job also had low pay and was seen as low status. The most common job for women was in domestic service. Lower class women would work as cooks or maids in upper class homes. It had low pay but they had accommodation and food provided.

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This began to change when, in 1874, Emma Paterson founded the Women’s Protective and Provident League (WPPA) to help create women’s trade unions. They tried to get women a more equal role in society. Women started to demand an equal education and many high schools were founded for girls. In 1870 girls were allowed to go to Cambridge University. At first they lived 26 miles away and tutors came to teach them but that soon changed. Also in the 1870’s medical schools were opened for women in Edinburgh and London.

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