1) "The women's wage, at least for the early twentieth century, rested ijn large measure on conceptions of what women needed."  239
 
 
 

2) What is the family wage?    What was its assumption about gender?
 
 

3) How did the "living wage" harm women?  (Think about ethnicity too)
 
 

4) What was wrong with the budget drawn up to determine the living wage?
 
 

5) What's wrong with the idea that people are paid what they're worth?
 
 

6)   Why did people think women's wage gains would threaten the family?
 
 

7) How does the history of the living wage affect women today?