Jobs


 * //Jobs During the Civil War//**

Who: and women What: jobs avaliable women Where: the north and the south. When: during the civil war 1861-1865 Why: Men were allowed to have jobs and women werent because they had to take care of children the house. how: don't know

what i know: white men were the only people to have jobs. Women had to stay home, cook and clean and take care of there children. Slaves had to work for white people.

Who? Who were the people who could have jobs? What? What jobs were available to women? When?When could women have jobs? How? How did they get the jobs? How much jobs were available? How did the Civil war impact Jobs? Was there a big loss or gain in jobs?
 * What i don't know (research questions)**

Who? Ms. Horn, Ms. Brem, Ms. Brolan What? Encyclopedias, books textbooks when? during class and outside of class
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Draft The Civil War influenced American jobs by providing opportunities for women to step up and take over men's jobs. Before the Civil War, the role of most women was to stay at home, cook, clean and take care of their children. However during the Civil war, a big change occurred. Men soon began their duty to serve the country during the Civil War and women in both the North and South had to support their families economically.(Washington Education) With very little knowledge about the jobs that men usually do, women had to step up and start to work and take on new challenges. Women's expectations changed because now they began to go beyond their home to work.

Jobs in the North were different from the jobs in the Southern part of the United States. The North and the South had different economies so women's jobs were affected by where they lived. According to Gale, "In the North as in the South, women assumed responsibilities which had in peacetime been considered off-limits to them." Women had no choice but to take on new jobs that employers would not have considered hiring women for before the Civil War era. No matter where they lived, there was always one job needed in the United States, and that job was teaching. Many women considered choosing the profession of teaching. This was a job needed in both the North and the South that was previously a mans job, but the Civil War caused teaching to often become a women's job. Teaching was a job that required an education as well as patience. The down side to teaching was that especially during the Civil War it was one of the worst paying jobs for such effort.(Gale)

The North had a short growing season and the soil was not as rich for farming, so the North had many factories and was more industrialized than the South. Since the men were sent to fight, women stepped up to do the manual labor jobs. Railroads still had to be built, and tools still had to be made and this required long hours of labor. Women had to support their families so they took many factory jobs during the Civil War and more than 100,000 females were employed at factories.(Enclyclopedia America) Working in Factories was a very dangerous job. For the first time ever women were employed at factories where a mass production of tools and machine parts were made.

The South had a totally different economy. Southern states primarily had plantations and farms because of their long growing seasons and rich soil. Before the start of the war women were "off limits" from farming because it was wasn't proper for a woman to tend a farm, therefore, there was a lack of knowledge and experience on the farms. Plantation labor was very challenging because every day they worked from sun up to sun down. The bigger the plantation was, the more work was needed and most didn't have the knowledge to keep the farm operating. Most days women had to plow, harvest, tend the animals, and sell their crops for profit. Slaves were doing a lot of labor at this time, though some took advantage of the opportunity while the men were gone to escape. Monitoring and managing slaves was hard work by itself in addition to all the other work required to maintain a plantation.

Women, especially in the south, were very engaged and felt that it was their duty to volunteer for the war effort. Women all over the South formed their own donation system and aid facilities to provide soldiers with items such as socks, shoes, blankets and daily necessities. Some women even hosted fundraisers such as concerts, dances, and raffles to raise money to help feed, clothe, and provide new weapons for the Confederate soldiers. Many jobs like nursing were always needed during this time.(New Gerogia Enclyclopedia) Anyone could set up hospitals in places like their home or church close to a battlefield and people would volunteer to help their own soldier during the time of war. The women did their best to care for the wounded Confederate soldiers. They were very brave, some leaving their home to volunteer the war effort. (New Gerogia Enclyclopedia)

Whether women worked in factories, plantations or just volunteered, the Civil War proved that women are capable of stepping up and supporting the family economically. The Civil War opened doors for women to join the workforce and become more confident in their ability to be the family provider. code "Civil War." //Encyclopedia America//. 1996 ed. 1996. Print. code

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