The period after the Civil War family owned farms dwindled. Southners began to move North and America started an urbanization process. People who once struggled on farms were now attempting to be entrepreneurs or worked as laborers.As big business grew so did the need for accurate record keeping. Educated aspired to be in managorial position, while women did the majority of the clerical work. The invention of the typewriter aided women in being predominant …showed first 75 words of 718 total…

…showed last 75 words of 718 total…would charge less, or would have lesser ability based on the premise of being a female. Clerical work became a female dominated career by the turn of the century due to the shift of America into an industrialized workforce. Literate women were limited in occupational pursuits. Clerical workers were needed and it payed well. The invention of the typewriter aided women who mastered it. Males who dominated the professional workforce did not want clerical positions.