The high point was probably reached in WWII when 6.5 million US women were employed in the defense industry.
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Many women took leading rolls in the reform movement
Because so many men were needed to fight in WWII, there was a labor shortage in the US. This affected women, because women had to fill those labor roles.
During the Antebellum, the North was most responsible for the abolitionist movement. During the early 1900s, the North was also the breeding ground for the Women's Suffrage movement.
it first started when groups of women started to fight for there rights, as men hit women, treated them bad and many other bad things.... i don't no exactly, but when i was in history my teatcher said things like this! hope this helps... :)
many of labor's gains during World War I and the Progressive era were rolled back. Membership in labor unions fell from 5 million to 3 million. The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed picketing, overturned national child labor laws, and abolished minimum wage laws for women