The wealthiest woman in America in the early 1900s was Helen McLean, who inherited her fortune from her husband, a successful businessman. Another prominent figure was Hetty Green, known as the "Witch of Wall Street," who was famous for her frugal lifestyle despite her immense wealth from savvy investments. Both women exemplified the significant economic power that some women held during that era, challenging the norms of their time.
Emmline Pankhurst
Accountant at a bank
In the early 1900s, working women often faced significant challenges, including low wages, long hours, and poor working conditions. Many were employed in factories, domestic service, or as seamstresses, with limited opportunities for advancement. Despite these hardships, women began to organize and advocate for better rights, laying the groundwork for future labor movements and women's rights activism. Their contributions were essential in changing societal perceptions about women's roles in the workforce.
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World War 1 (apex)
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Emmline Pankhurst
Accountant at a bank
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Oprah.
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a large number of women became secretaries or manageres
She will go down as the wealthiest self-made black woman ever in the US of the 20th century. It is still too early to define her 'role in history', but she and her show will over time probably be named as a major factor in the acceptance of gays in mainstream America.
No she isn't.
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because some woman needed jobs and the men where fighting in the war
Sarah Josepha Hale deserves almost all the credit for the U.S. having an annual day of thanks, and for it taking place in late November. The settlers at Plymouth Plantation had nothing whatsoever to do with this designation.That early New England settlers get credit for an aspect of America they had nothing to do with, and that a woman who actually did has been forgotten, is a "tribute" to the power of myth-making in America in the 1800s and early 1900s.