DBQ+4+PE

Women's roles were changed in the society the work place and home because of the second great awaking and the market revolution. They were changed for ever and will never go back to their original state. The work place was changed for the best. Women could now work in the factories if they were not married. They could work until they got married. The reason the work place changed was because of the market society. It was able to have machines be easer to handle and more efficient with less work. So naturally women were able to run the machine because it didn't take away their purity that the society is so fixated on keeping. They had dorms so that they wouldn't be exposed to the things men were exposed to that made them un-pure. In from Lowell mill girl, she talks about the hours. they have the same hours as men so in that way they have balance in the work place but the pay is different because they are women. Society was hugely effected by the second great awaking because it had women leading reforms. There are women leading reforms that men normally lead. but with this great awaking they have the confidence to stand up for what they believe in and if that is not enough for them they can lead instead of follow. There are many women that have lead reforms and other major changes such as Dorothea Dix and Susan B. Anthony. Now society might not of liked what they were doing but they agreed with them because they new it was right and didn't have the courage to go and do what they wanted. In a letter from Dorothea Dix, she states that the treatment to insane people was terrible. So she wanted to stop that and help and she did. Family was affected by this a lot. People saw women as pure and vibrant. They were expected to do the role of clean the house and take care of the children. If you were single and working that was ok if you were young but if you were old, there was something wrong with you. The family in homes changed because mothers wanted jobs. They were seen as this higher state in a human and there soled job was to teach their children. And that was good because that gave women a major role in society but it was also bad because it was just one option they had they dint have multiple choices of what they wanted. But now they are not taking on that role of the family.