Occupational Advancements

The war of 1812 played a crucial role in changing the role of women in the American society and other parts of the world. One of the roles of women that changed due to the war was in the economic sector. Initially, the society bestowed females with the role of taking care of their homes while the husbands engaged in economic activities so as to provide income to the households (Shi & Tindall, 2016). However, during the 1812 war, women switched roles and began engaging in economic activities such agricultural practices and trade so as to meet the needs of their families in the absence of their husbands.

To explain, in both the pre-industrial and urban industrial periods men were pushed into and dominant in public life, whereas women were pushed into and expected to be in the private sphere, commonly the household. In both periods, the gender roles of men expected them to be the “money-earners” as well as the heads and decision-makers of families. On the other hand, gender roles of women expected them to stay home to raise and nurture children as well as do the household work as the domestic servants of the families. Though there were comparisons between both historical periods, there was a significant difference for women in the urban industrial period as some women, specifically widows began to work, though their gender roles reckoned them to be in the private sphere. Additionally, in the urban industrial period when the men went off to war, women replaced their roles and would also work in the public sphere to provide financial support to their families. Not to mention, there were contrasts between both historical periods when viewing family size and form. In pre-industrial times, monogamous marriages and living with extended families were the norm as religion viewed marriage as sacred and private, as well as assistance was required in establishing cottage industries

Although we now know “when men were without labor of women they were increasingly unable to achieve the level of prosperity and stability they had once achieved in the East.”

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The masses seen as lower status, including women and merchants, were originally thought of to have no use in society. Despite this, after the silk road developed, these populations were needed for production of luxury items to be traded. Merchants, in specific, were formerly seen at a lower standing than others because they earned a living doing other people's work. But with the advancement of the silk road, these people were necessary to society. Therefore, social statuses transformed along the silk

From 1500 CE to 1780 CE material life changed greatly for merchants, rulers and others from the upper and middle classes involved in global trade. With the expansion of global commerce traders acquired newfound wealth they supported arts, architecture, scientific research, and other principles of the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras. Furthermore, the principles of the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras held less gender bias than prior religious principles. Women used this to their advantage for advancements in equality through literary works, were unable to make much progress. Additionally, the poor and lower classes did not benefit from any of this as they remained illiterate, undernourished, and often subjected to brutal treatment by

With the help of the Industrial Revolution, women made significant strives in changing the traditional economic roles given to females. Before the industrial revolution the only opportunity for a woman to be financially secure was for that woman to marry a financially secure husband. This created women’s dependence on men because if the man died they would have no source of income. The Industrial Revolution provided many women with jobs of their own helping women to become self-dependant. This self-dependence allowed for women to pursue interests not involving men, such as

The author Wiesner- Hanks claims in the third chapter ‘Economic Life’ that in different parts of the world and though different time periods, the family structure and genders were influenced by changes in economic structure such as means of production, pattern of work, and ownership practices. In case of pre-historic humans, author explains that the most important element of early human success was flexibility and adaptability (Wiesner- Hanks 12). This point is logical because early humans did not have means of mass crops or animal production and therefore their survival depended upon everyone working together daily for food and for protection. the example of Agta in Philippines, tells us that women did big game hunting, which in turn proves that hunting and gathering activities depended upon environmental factors and decisions of the group and not so much on gender role (Wiesner- Hanks 57).

As industrialization spread in Western Europe, the production of products and goods moved from the household to factories which drastically changed family life. Married women were unable to work unless they left their children and home in someone else’s care. Moreover, middle-class women generally did not leave their homes in order to work. In contrast, the women of Eastern Asia rapidly joined the work force after the introduction of industrialization and made up a gigantic portion of the labor force. This difference is probably due to the fact that the rural women of Eastern Asia were always laborers, and they make up the majority of the female population. Additionally, European women generally preferred domestic labor to laborious tasks. Rural women were offered independence by leaving their homes in order to perform domestic work; they generally sent their earnings to their families or saved it for themselves. Moreover, the European women that participated in the work force were forced to travel long distances and were separated from their families from long hours. Additionally, their wages were significantly lower than that of their male counterparts. Furthermore, women worked under poor conditions and were constantly susceptible to disease. Similarly, the poor women of Eastern Asia sought employment in the cotton and silk industry.

Despite progress in the Industrial Revolution, women continued to be seen as socially inferior in the eyes of society. Women in the pre-civil war era were constantly seen as subordinate due to their smaller size. Because many women gave birth to a child, many had to recuperate and breastfeed a child, associating women to be the primary caretaker, of the house, husband, and child. This mental picture was soon created in the minds of many individuals of how women should act, look, and behave in front of their families, almost as though they were animals. Because women bringing home the money to provide for their families, their jobs were considered inferior. Looking back on the agrarian society, much of the work that was divided up between men

Cities grew dramatically during this time because of immigration and industrialization. The number of cities with populations over 100,000 went from 9 to 38. Due to advancements in agriculture the farms required less man power. Therefore, some of these man and their families moved to the urban areas. The same thing happened to the women hand making clothes or other households items. Factories began to take over the making of these goods on a much larger scale. This forced the women to move to the cities in order to find work. When the got to the cities they found jobs and clerks, servants and laborers.

It has been experienced from time immemorial that there has always lain a very big and noticeable gap in the roles that both women and men play in the everyday societal developments. The issue according to most of the renowned researches is more elusive to the women as they are the ones that are mostly faced by the double standards in the society and this could include very harsh challenges as far as economic and financial status is concerned. Some of the roles of women in the society and more typically, in the house-hold, were very much considered inferior as compared to that of the men who in addition, were given an upper hand

The market, as well as money changing services, were traditionally handled by women. Women had to do more work than men. Before going to war mens had to trade many of their things before going to war. They needed to get supplies to go to war. They also wanted to win war.

Prior women utilization to limit their employment inquiries inside the domain of childcare and family obligations. Men utilization to work outside the house and women were the ones who utilization to handle all the family meets expectations. In the rustic zones of the created nations men to a great extent rule the horticultural acts as the horticulture in such nations is exceedingly motorized. For these situation women for the most part relocate to urban territories to make utilization of different open doors. The circumstance in creating and immature nations is very distinctive. The farming division in these nations is less created and is substantially less motorized subsequently women overwhelm the agrarian works here and men move to urban zones looking for occupation and different open doors.