women were broken up into three classes: upper-working class, lower-working class, and underclass
women didn't have much power
underclass women relied on relief organizations or prostitution to make a living
women began working between the ages of 8 to 12
jobs available to women were domestic service, agricultural laborers, seamstresses, washer women, and servants
women were expected to fulfill the roles as a "mother, housekeeper, and worker"
upper-working class women wore lace, corsets, veils, and gloves
women could not yet attend college, but sometimes received basic education in math, writing, and reading
women were not allowed to vote
women's suffrage movement was a full-fledged political movement, with its own press, its own political imagery, and its own philosophers, organizers, lobbyists, financiers, and fundraisers