Urbanization in America caused social change amongst citizens. With the new prosperity citizens were now able to enjoy more luxuries. One of these luxuries included Department stores. Middle and working class would go to department stores to buy luxuries that showed their wealth and social class. Department stores also offered women entertainment and adventure that they before could not experience because they had to work long days. Another thing that progressed in this time was education. Very few before this time even had a high school education. Higher education became so popular during this time because it showed you had money and where your social standing was. As time progressed schools because more and more available to citizens. Women now could attend colleges and some colleges were even made for just women.
It is crazy to think that once there was a time that education was not important and was just luxury. Today if you say your not going to college or doing anything past high school you get frowned at.
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