As late as 1800, women"s only place was in the home. The idea of women in the
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world was unthinkable. No "nice" woman would dream of
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what was strictly a "man"s world". Even if she could, what would she do
Teaching was the first profession
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to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter
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most high schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to
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women. Hospital nursing became
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work for women only after Florence Nightingale became
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. Because she was a wealthy and educated woman, as well as a
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, people began to believe it was
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for women to care for the
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. Miss Nightingale opened England"s first training school
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nurses in 1860.
The invention of the typewriter in 1867
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to bring women out of the home and into the business world. Because women had quick
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, they learned to operate typewriters quickly and well. Businessmen found that they had to
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women for this new kind of work.
By 1900, thousands of women were working at real jobs in schools, hospitals, and offices in both England and America. Some women even
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to become doctors and lawyers. The idea that "nice" women could work in the business world was accepted.
