Smithsonian Education: Office Workers Website

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Smithsonian Institution

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Smithsonian Education: Office Workers

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Briefly describes the shift in offices from male to female clerical workers. Details the progression of women in going from clerical positions to managerial positions.

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Concepts

child labor laws, economics, industry, mass production, women's history

Additional Tags

clerical workers, gilded age, lower production costs, mechanization, motorization, office equipment, office organization, office work, office workers, textile work, women in the workforce, women in the workplace, women labor, birth and growth of the american office, secretary

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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