This book investigates the gender imbalance in Massachusetts in the 19th century. The author argues that the excess of women was due to the rise of the cotton manufacturing industry, which drew women into the workforce while simultaneously attracting men to other states. By examining census data and other historical sources, the author shows how the cotton industry led to a decline in the number of women working in agriculture and domestic service, and how this in turn led to an increase in the number of single women. It also discusses the social and economic consequences of the gender imbalance, such as the increasing number of women who were forced to work outside the home and the rise of prostitution.
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An intelligent gentleman, recently returned from California, after a sojourn there of fourteen years, stated to your Commit tee, from his own knowledge, by service in connection with the schools, that there is in that State already such a surplus of teachers, that there are twenty or more applicants for every vacancy advertised by school committees. He had reason also to believe that there is at present an abundant supply of females, who desire employment as domestics or house-servants.
As Oregon has been exhibited in such a marked contrast with Massachusetts, it may be of some interest, if not of importance, to see how this young and rapidly growing State is represented by an ardent Citizen, in an able pamphlet of sixty-six pages, entitled A Report on the Wealth and Resources of the State of This report was issued during the last year. Its preface tells as that the statements herein are based upon the actual observation of reliable and intelligent gentlemen, reported from all parts of the State, and may be relied on as correct.
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