Thread by @MSS3RosaFerreum

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp Forced to stay home? You realize that women have held jobs—like men—throughout history.

“In the early 20th century, …just 20 percent of all women were “gainful workers,” as the Census Bureau then categorized labor force participation outside the home” (brookings.edu/essay/the-hist…).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “Before World War I, three-fourths of all women employed in manufacturing were making apparel or its materials, food, or tobacco products” (dol.gov/agencies/wb/ab…).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “During World War I, the number of women in industry increased greatly and the range of occupations open to them was extended, even though they remained concentrated in occupations such as domestic and personal service, clerical occupations, and factory work” (Id.).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “In 1920, women were about 20% of all persons in the labor force. Today, women make up about 47% of the U.S. labor force” (dol.gov/agencies/wb/ab…).

Not far enough back in time? Let’s go further….

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “For most of written history, agriculture was the chief human occupation, and … [w]omen performed physically demanding chores such as grinding grain by hand in a stone quern, drawing and carrying water, gathering wood, and churning milk to make butter” (britannica.com/topic/history-…).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “The Industrial Revolution changed the work situation for both men and women. … The role of women in the family workforce did not change overnight, however, for at first many families worked together in factories as teams” (britannica.com/topic/history-…).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “During the early 1800s, an additional job opportunity arose for women — factory work. … Because of men's dislike for factory work, many of the first workers in Ohio's factories were women” (ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Women_in_the…).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “Francis Cabot Lowell, an American businessman, began to reform the manufacturing industry by hiring women and creating a centralized workplace. Lowell founded the Boston Manufacturing Company in 1813, building a few mills…” (khanacademy.org/humanities/us-…).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “In 1950 about one in [3] women participated … [and b]y 1998, nearly [3] of every [5] women of working age were in the labor force. Among women age 16 and over, the labor force participation rate was 33.9[%] in 1950, compared with 59.8 [%] in 1998” (bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/…).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “From 1890 to 1985 the participation in the work force of women between the ages of twenty-five and forty-four soared from 15 to 71 percent, with the pace of change tripling after 1950” (theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…).

@HERterus @cheomitII @Assayer92 @shanoawarrior @Oneiorosgrip @Lynnia00721169 @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @GanniTonya @melJsaysso @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp @threadreaderapp, unroll please.