Women and the Market Revolution

Women and Market Revolution In the 19th century, the United States experienced a series of social, economic and political changes. The manufacturing industry and the commercial revolution brought considerable economic growth. Several cultural movements reformed the American society. Mary Pole, formerly a Vermont state girl, was living a life shaped by changes in the 1800s. The information gathered from the letter Mary Paul wrote to her father clearly shows that Mary's life experience changed her to an ordinary woman.

The domestic expectations are constantly changing and the market revolution has changed the traditional housework of many women. For example, as new mechanized production increases the number and types of fabrics available to the public, fabric production has evolved through the market revolution. This freed many wealthy women from traditional labor obligations. With the commercialization of fabric production, the importance of women's domestic fabric production for the family economy is decreasing. Purchasing fabrics and subsequent ready-made garments began changing women from producers to consumers. A woman from Maine state Martha Ballard frequently mentioned about spinning, weaving and knitting in the diary from 1785 to 1812. Her daughter Martha and her neighbors spun linen and wool yarns and piled up and used them to make a variety of fabrics. Make clothes for her family

• Since the middle of the nineteenth century people have been very focused on women who work in their families and run their families. Women grow other children, cook, do other work at home such as cleaning. As the market changes, women want to work in factories and factories outside their homes. After the second awakening of the 1930s, women became publicly claiming voting rights and supported various reforms throughout the country. However, during this change many ideals remain unchanged for women. . Family education has changed the motherhood of the Republican Party, but women are still considered to be at home. Women are traditionally still considered slave-like men's property, all of which belong to so-called husbands.