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No Experience Required: Women In the Federal Workforce
Manage episode 423677816 series 2923694
In the nineteenth century, social norms dictated that proper ladies stayed in the domestic space, leaving the home for waged work only under desperate circumstances. As the federal government expanded during the Civil War, the need for labor intensified and administrators quickly realized they had an untapped source: women.
Join me this week as I dive into the history of women working for the federal service.
218 episodes
Manage episode 423677816 series 2923694
In the nineteenth century, social norms dictated that proper ladies stayed in the domestic space, leaving the home for waged work only under desperate circumstances. As the federal government expanded during the Civil War, the need for labor intensified and administrators quickly realized they had an untapped source: women.
Join me this week as I dive into the history of women working for the federal service.
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