working class budget
4-6 people earned about $800 a year, or just $15 a week.
in 1917, people only spent 2.4% of their budget on leisure.
street amusement
after work, people gathered on street corners to relax and socialize.
cheap amusements: Organ grinders, buskers (street performers), sidewalk acrobats, baked-potato venders, hot-corn stands, and soda dispensers.
after-dinner strolling or window shopping was consitered a special family treat.
married working men's leisure
married men spent half their time leisure with their family.
workingmen spent about 10% of their weekly income on personal means.
the most popular forms of workingmen's recreation were the saloon.
camaraderie was often expressed by the custom of treating rounds of beer or games of billiard to one's friends.
the means of gamblingover games and cards often led to drinking.
women did not enter saloons because they feared that they would be labeled a prostitute.
some saloons did not serve unaccompanied women, others only served couples in the back room.
the saloon was so polular that it dominated most of the working class neighborhoods.
those who worked the most had the least amount of leisure time, while those who were paid the least often visited the saloon the most.
men brought growlers to the saloons, filled it up, and drank it at home, sometimes they send their kids to fill it up.
most working men belonged to a lodge, where they were provided with recreation and financial opportunities.
men were aslo likely to go to the "dime museum" where they hold a collection of "wonders of the world" the workinggirl
in 1900, 4/5 of the wage-earning women were single.
some jobs for women included salesclerks, cash girls, typists, secretaries, telephone operators, and even bookkeepers.
retail jobs mostly prized were found at the large departement stores.
in new york factories in 1910's 56% of the female labor force eanred $8.00 a week.
few women could afford to live alone.
80-90% lived with relatives, while those who lived on their own roomed with other women and cut out all non-essentials.
some saved money by walking to work.
in 1885, the woman's workday ranged from 10-17 hours, by 1914 that number was less than 10 hours a day.
for some women, the increased time was used for night school.
the leisure structure for women did not resemble that of a males leisure time.
young women created a cultural climate in the work place.
they gossiped, sang songs, discussed the plots of novels and movies, or things they had read in the newspaper.
the women created a new identity as wage-earners through their language (risque jokes and swearing), clothing, and social rituals.
Married women do laundry and socialize in the tenement yard
the women had no time to socialize with the kids, and the children had to entertain themselfs.
Organ grinder on New York streets, with children watching
one type of entertainment for the kids was a guy with a musical instrument, similar to a modern day icecream truck, in which kids would look forward to it.
A Lodge meeting
the meeting is like a town discussion between the men, but no women were included.
Reflection:
the time of leisure is reduced to little during the industrial revolution as men have to work harder and the women have to supply for the house and thier kids. while men did not have too much time at work, they often used their time to go to saloons and get drunk, at times, the family would go to the park or go window shopping as a special family treat. mean while the kids find entertainment in the streets. the amount of time men spent their leisure time is half with their family, and the other half relaxing and spending their weekly earnings on beer and in the saloons or just meeting at lodges. while many women work, only 4/5 of them were single, however, some saloons would refuse to serve unaccompanied women, and some only served couples in the back room. also, women would have a hard time to live on their own because they dont make as much money as the men. the interesting thing about this time of the industrialization that i have learned is that men worked hard only to use alot of their time at the bars and get drunk all the time, which is mostly followed by gambeling, while the women do not get any free time, which is not fair because they deserve some free time aswell. also the women who lived on thier own did not technically live on their own because they roomed with other women. this time period created the house wife. this time period
Industrial Revolution
working class budget
4-6 people earned about $800 a year, or just $15 a week.
in 1917, people only spent 2.4% of their budget on leisure.
street amusement
after work, people gathered on street corners to relax and socialize.
cheap amusements: Organ grinders, buskers (street performers), sidewalk acrobats, baked-potato venders, hot-corn stands, and soda dispensers.
after-dinner strolling or window shopping was consitered a special family treat.
married working men's leisure
married men spent half their time leisure with their family.
workingmen spent about 10% of their weekly income on personal means.
the most popular forms of workingmen's recreation were the saloon.
camaraderie was often expressed by the custom of treating rounds of beer or games of billiard to one's friends.
the means of gamblingover games and cards often led to drinking.
women did not enter saloons because they feared that they would be labeled a prostitute.
some saloons did not serve unaccompanied women, others only served couples in the back room.
the saloon was so polular that it dominated most of the working class neighborhoods.
those who worked the most had the least amount of leisure time, while those who were paid the least often visited the saloon the most.
men brought growlers to the saloons, filled it up, and drank it at home, sometimes they send their kids to fill it up.
most working men belonged to a lodge, where they were provided with recreation and financial opportunities.
men were aslo likely to go to the "dime museum" where they hold a collection of "wonders of the world"
the working girl
in 1900, 4/5 of the wage-earning women were single.
some jobs for women included salesclerks, cash girls, typists, secretaries, telephone operators, and even bookkeepers.
retail jobs mostly prized were found at the large departement stores.
in new york factories in 1910's 56% of the female labor force eanred $8.00 a week.
few women could afford to live alone.
80-90% lived with relatives, while those who lived on their own roomed with other women and cut out all non-essentials.
some saved money by walking to work.
in 1885, the woman's workday ranged from 10-17 hours, by 1914 that number was less than 10 hours a day.
for some women, the increased time was used for night school.
the leisure structure for women did not resemble that of a males leisure time.
young women created a cultural climate in the work place.
they gossiped, sang songs, discussed the plots of novels and movies, or things they had read in the newspaper.
the women created a new identity as wage-earners through their language (risque jokes and swearing), clothing, and social rituals.
Reflection:
the time of leisure is reduced to little during the industrial revolution as men have to work harder and the women have to supply for the house and thier kids. while men did not have too much time at work, they often used their time to go to saloons and get drunk, at times, the family would go to the park or go window shopping as a special family treat. mean while the kids find entertainment in the streets. the amount of time men spent their leisure time is half with their family, and the other half relaxing and spending their weekly earnings on beer and in the saloons or just meeting at lodges. while many women work, only 4/5 of them were single, however, some saloons would refuse to serve unaccompanied women, and some only served couples in the back room. also, women would have a hard time to live on their own because they dont make as much money as the men. the interesting thing about this time of the industrialization that i have learned is that men worked hard only to use alot of their time at the bars and get drunk all the time, which is mostly followed by gambeling, while the women do not get any free time, which is not fair because they deserve some free time aswell. also the women who lived on thier own did not technically live on their own because they roomed with other women. this time period created the house wife. this time period