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Women who wanted to uphold a superior class were forced to stick to the false impression that they did not do any work, and their work was not physically challenging. Others believed that their professions brought about socially-prescribed and conventional qualities expected of refined ladies like motherliness and compassion. This made middle-class women get involved in social work and other professions related to the less fortunate. Others preserved their class characteristic by working in positions detached from public sight and heavy labor like seamstresses and office workers.
There were many women who were working as prostitutes in many European cities, mostly in 1800s. Low wages offered in piecework as well as other domestic service led some women to look for additional income in casual prostitution (Boulding, 1975). Other women who were fired became prostitutes fearing to face starvation. Maids who were found to be pregnant or were caught participating in sexual behavior were disowned and thrown into the streets, as others enjoyed attractive gifts from men. Prostitutes saved money earned from sex work to gain upward mobility and dowry to draw financially stable husbands as they enjoyed their independence.
This period also saw the passing of unfair legislations that entrenched into the society gender-specific...
They were reduced to petty hand jobs like sewing and laundry jobs within textile industries.
Conclusion
The new economy underprivileged women in numerous ways as it offered unequal opportunities for them. Women were forced to fight to attain financial and educational opportunities associated with the new industrial market and to reform the tribulations of industrialization associated with the working classes. The New scheme by middle-class, socialist movements and working class women appeared and spread fast in the late 19th century to tackle women's workers' complaints and enhance professional chances for all middle class women.
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