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A Changing World of Work: North Carolina Elite Women, 1865-1895

Record #:
21613
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Abstract:
After the Civil War, the attitudes and behavior among elite white North Carolina women regarding work changed significantly depending on the age of the woman in question. Women born before 1820 changed the least as they clung to the tradition of needing servants and continued the same household managerial style as before the war. The next group of women, born between 1820 and 1845, had been young wives and mothers during the Civil War and had greater flexibility towards household work. The third group that grew up during the war and post-war Reconstruction, accepted domestic duties and expanded the range of employment, especially into teaching.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 73 Issue 1, Jan 1996, p28-55 , il, por, f