Research Paper on:
US Economy and the Role of Women

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consumer demand, has grown in proportion to the labor force and must be able to successfully adapt to the changing needs of the populace. Also like American patriarchal society,  the US economy was traditionally dominated by men. After all, it is the American male who was the breadwinner of his family, while his wife stayed home to take  care of the home, children and all domestic chores. Not surprisingly, according to Weisskoff (1972), "Occupational segregation by sex within the labor market mirrors the traditional relations of women  and men within the family unit" (p. 163). By the time the Industrial Revolution forever changed the global economic landscape, it was still the men who fueled the economy  while women kept the home fires burning. However, as the need for factory workers increased, females, predominantly young and unmarried, began gradually venturing out into labor force (Moen, 1992).  However, this had a relatively insignificant impact upon the US economy, since these girls would then abandon the labor force after marriage (Moen, 1992). These trends continued throughout the  nineteenth century, but as the American workplace grew increasingly more automated, the need for employees became greater than ever before. Soon, there simply werent enough men to keep the  economy progressing at the rate necessary to keep supply consistent with demand. Because the labor force was stalled, economic growth was halted and the US was soon plunged into  its first serious depression in 1884, and then after a brief period of recovery, a panic in 1893 necessitated the need for some serious restructuring. By 1900, Women were  finally being welcomed into the work force, and as the chart below reveals, they took full advantage of this long-overdue inclusion in astonishing numbers. WOMEN IN THE LABOR FORCE,