As late as 1800, women’s only place was in the home. The idea of women in the (1) world was unthinkable. (2) “nice” women would dream of (3) what was strictly a “man’s world”. Even if she could, what would she do?
(4) was the first professing (5) to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an (6) profession for women to enter (7) most high schools and colleges were open only to (8) .Oberlin CollegeinOhiowas the first college in America to (9) women.
Hospital nursing became (10) work for women only after Florence Nightingale became (11) . Because she was a wealthy and educated woman, as well as a (12) , people began to believe it was (13) for women to care for the (14) and still be “ladies”. Miss Nightingale opened England’s first training school (15) nurses in 1860.
The invention of the typewriter in 1867 (16) to ring women out of the (17) and into the business world. Because women had quick (18) , they learned to operate typewriters quickly and (19) ,. Businessmen found that they had to (20) women for this new kind of work. The idea that “nice” women could work in the business world had been accepted.