According to Margery Davies, What Were the Factors That Helped Make Clerical Work a Female Dominated Occupation by the turn of the century?

             The period after the Civil War family owned farms dwindled. Southners
             began to move North and America started an urbanization process. People who once
             struggled on farms were now attempting to be entrepreneurs or worked as
             laborers.As big business grew so did the need for accurate record keeping. Educated
             aspired to be in managorial position, while women did the majority of the clerical
             work. The invention of the typewriter aided women in being predominant in the
             clerical field. During this time of rapid urban expansion women were cheaper labor
             then men, which was good for the companies.clerical work was amongst the few
             unmasculated positions available to women. To go outside of a career suited for
             America was becoming industrialized , chores that had taken the
             efforts of the whole family were minimized. The bread once slaved over in the
             kitchen could now be bought along with clothes and other necessities People went
             from family owned farms to the small business arena,some with success. With the
             decreasing number of farms children could now go to school longer, some to
             completion and higher education.
             With the rapid expansion of capitalist and various other big businesses, record
             keeping increased causing a need for clerical workers.Women were a useful commodity
             for the growing business industry. The companies could pay women a lowersalary in
             comparison to men. It was a widespread conceptthat women did not need money to
             support families, so to give them an equal payrate to men was not necessary. Women
             were working for "pin money." Women had always been cheaper labor, but educated
             men did not want clerical positions. Men wanted professional or manegerial type
             positions. Clerical positions were left available for women to pursue. Due to the
             reorganization of clerical work women were accepted
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