Define and Describe the Purpose and Impact of the Putting-Out

question 62

Essay

Define and describe the purpose and impact of the putting-out system. Did everyone benefit?

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Definitions:

Black Abolitionists

African American individuals who actively fought against slavery and played a crucial role in the abolitionist movement in the United States.

White Contemporaries

Individuals living during the same time period who are identified as white, often used in historical or sociological contexts to discuss racial relations or demographics.

Seneca Falls

The location of the first women's rights convention in 1848 in New York, an event that marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.

Women's "Sphere"

A nineteenth-century ideological belief that women's roles were confined to domestic responsibilities and moral guardianship of the home.