Teaching Moments: The League of Women Shoppers

Browse League of Women Shoppers materials
Background and Additional Resources on the League of Women Shoppers

Discussion Questions:

Browse the materials from the League of Women Shoppers. What was the purpose of this organization? What did its members believe? What were the primary actions taken by the League? What is your reaction to the material?

How did the League take advantage of the specific situation of women and their role in family life? What is the function of women's "buying power"? How might this relate to the rise of what has been called "consumer society"? How does the League construct the collective identity of "women shoppers"?

How was the League of Women Shoppers similar or different to "consumer rights" organizations today? How has the relationship between "worker" and "consumer" changed or remained the same? How have globalization and the decline of an industrial-manufacturing economy in America impacted the ways in which we think about the consumer's "buying power"?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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