.READING CHECK Why did women begin to have more time to work outside the home during the Progressive Era?

2.EVALUATE In what way might Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ideas about women be considered modern?

3.MAKE INFERENCES Why do you think fields such as law, medicine, and higher education were not considered suitable for women around the turn of the 20th century?

HT 681

1.READING CHECK What purpose did the settlement houses play during the Progressive Era in the United States?

2.FORM AND SUPPORT OPINIONS Do you think Carry Nation’s methods were an effective way to combat social problems? Why or why not?

3.SYNTHESIZE What similar goals motivated the women of Henry Street Settlement and Carry Nation?

HT 683

1.READING CHECK What did the NAWSA seek to accomplish?

2.SYNTHESIZE How did the NAWSA combine some of the goals of both women’s rights activists and abolitionists?

3.ANALYZE CAUSE AND EFFECT What led President Wilson to change his mind about women’s suffrage?

Although women started to be engaged in commerce and industry, a great number of well-paid jobs continued to hold by men. At the corner of the centenary, 70 percent of all working women were engaged as household servants. Women's suffrage became a huge superiority for women throughout this time; chiefly for the right to vote.