Women in the Early 1900's

"The Progressive Era, the 1890s to early 1900s, signaled a new era for women in the U.S. Middle-class women began to enroll in colleges or in technical training programs, such as hospital-based nursing education programs and two-year normal schools. These women faced rigid barriers to entering professions that were dominated by college-educated men-law, medicine, clergy, business executives, college and university faculty, and the military, as well as politics and public administration. An expanding labor force of women with advanced education, however, made the development of new kinds of human service organizations possible." (Austin 552)

Austin, David M. "Women's Career Choices and Human Service Organizations." Social Work 33.6 (1988): 551-552. 1 Nov. 2010. Web.

The early 1900's were dominated by males in all aspects of life especially in the work force. Finally women were actually allowed to got to college. Which ended up allowing the women to eventually find jobs right along with the men. Women were very limited during the 1900's and one of the main way they broke the barriers was when they attended college.