Lifestyles & Innovation
- Telling Time
- Innovations
- Changing culture
- The new women
--The railroads introduced standard time zones in 1883, although it took decades for the American people to use them.
-- Department stores, store catalogs, Electric washing machines, mass production, airplane delivered mail, typewriters and much more altered America forever.
-- The five day work week with 8 hour shifts was made possible by white collar workers. Child labor was put to an end, women were no able to work and be independent, and clerical work was brought to the work force.
-- Leisure time was brought to the Americans with games, sports, and other activity's such as movies, plays etc.
-- Women worked, they participated in sports and other leisure activity's, they were trying new things.