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praCtICING historical thinking

Identify: What are the most significant images in this picture? Explain.

Analyze: How does this form of leisure reflect changes in American identity during

this era?

Evaluate: Does this image present a social class that is at odds with American

republican ideals? Explain.

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Document 16.4 two women reading employment

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1909

By the first decades of the twentieth century, it was more and more common for young,

single women to work in the service industry. This photograph shows two young women

sitting on a park bench as they scan a newspaper looking for job openings.

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