Question #76287
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Dec 20, 2017
"Generally" women were undergoing a major change in attitudes about their place in society, including the workforce.
Explanation:
They began moving out of purely home or domestic work and into independently-paying jobs. This also influenced their attitudes about social equality (suffrage in voting) and began a general dissatisfaction with the status quo of being nothing substantial in society apart from ones husband.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/womens_work_01.shtml
http://evolutionofwomenscitizenship.weebly.com/1800s-womens-movement-issues.html