How Did Working-Class Women Gain Access to the Fine Department

question 26

Multiple Choice

How did working-class women gain access to the fine department stores in the United States in the late nineteenth century?

• A) Working-class domestics accompanied their female employers into the stores.
• B) They could enter the stores only if they dressed and acted like middle-class women.
• C) Working-class women gained access as clerks,cashiers,and store messengers.
• D) Vagrancy laws made it impossible for non-elite people to enter the stores.

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Definitions:

Bertrand Model

An economic model of competition among firms, where firms choose prices rather than quantities to compete.

Collude

The act of cooperating or conspiring, especially between competitors, to achieve a mutual benefit such as setting prices.

Bertrand Duopoly

An economic model describing interactions between two companies that compete by setting prices rather than the quantity of output.

Joint Profit

The combined profit earned by two or more firms when they cooperate or work together in a venture.