Women often were teachers, nurses, servants, weavers, factory workers, seamstresses or worked on the land.
Slowly but surely they started studying at universities and the amount of female doctors, scientists etc increased. There were even some female explorers.
middle class
In the middle of the 19th century, the primary socioeconomic classes in the South included wealthy plantation owners, yeoman farmers, poor whites, and enslaved people. However, a distinct middle class, as understood in modern terms, was not well-established in the South at that time. The region's economy was largely dominated by agriculture and slavery, which limited the emergence of a robust middle class. Additionally, there were few urban centers that could foster a diverse range of professions typical of a middle class.
He was moved by working-class struggles and the realities of poor people
non-feminist historians
He was moved by working-class struggles and the realities of poor people
middle class
middle class
In the middle of the 19th century, the primary socioeconomic classes in the South included wealthy plantation owners, yeoman farmers, poor whites, and enslaved people. However, a distinct middle class, as understood in modern terms, was not well-established in the South at that time. The region's economy was largely dominated by agriculture and slavery, which limited the emergence of a robust middle class. Additionally, there were few urban centers that could foster a diverse range of professions typical of a middle class.
suburbs
they feared that urbanization was threatening the vitality and character of the American people
the industrial middle class
In the Middle Ages (19th Century)Also now.
Middle-class whites flocked to city centers.
Middle-class whites flocked to city centers.
Middle-class whites flocked to city centers.
members of the middle class.