American Industrialization

All American Girl
Written and Performed by Melissa Etheridge

She wakes up in the morning
With a pain in her jet black head
A decaf coffee in her hand
And a Marlboro red
She drives down to the office
In her Japaneses car
With the radio blasting
She dreams of taking it too far
But today she'll pay the bills
She won't think about the thrills
That pass away

She's an all American girl
An all American girl
And she will live and die in this man's world
An all American girl

Her eyes are black as leather
And her hair is killer red
How could she keep the baby
When she can barely keep her head
She don't owe nobody nothing
And she ain't on the street
But these drinks are getting heavy
And these lips are getting weak
She don't understand
Why she can't climb out of the sand
And break away

She's an all American girl
An all American girl
And she will live and die in this man's world

Her lover never came home
And it's half past three
Today her best friend told her
He's HIV
Something's gotta give somewhere
Forcing circles into squares
She keeps pushing on

I. CAUSES OF NINETEENTH CENTURY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

A. RESOURCES

B. A CULTURE OF INDUSTRY

II. CASE STUDY: FRANCIS LOWELL'S INDUSTRIAL PATERNALISM

Advertisement featuring one of Lowell's factories.

"Lowell Girls"

Lowell, Massachussetts (1832).

II. RESISTANCE TO INDUSTRIALIZATION

A. FORMATION OF WORKERS' POLITICAL PARTIES

B. WOMEN WORKERS TAKE ACTION

III. FACTORY OWNERS FIGHT BACK

A. NEW TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL LABOR

Taylorism: the study of "scientific management"

B. THE RISE OF THE CORPORATION

C. WHO WERE THE ROBBER BARONS?

Andrew Carnegie.

1. Jay Gould, master of imaginary railroads

2. John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Trust

IV. CHALLENGING THE POWER OF THE ROBBER BARONS

A. THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT (1890)

B. RADICAL WORKING CLASS POLITICAL THEORIES

1. The influence of Marxism

2. Anarchism and the Haymarket Affair (1886)

3. The railroad strike of 1877

Sixth Maryland Regiment opens fire on striking workers in Baltimore, 1877.

4. The Homestead Strike (1892)

V. INTERPRETATIONS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION

Origins of American Feminism

Just a Girl
Written by Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont
Performed by No Doubt

Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed and it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know
Exactly where I stand
This world is forcing me
To hold your hand

'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights
Oh. . .I've had it up to here!

The moment that I step outside
So many reasons
For me to run and hide
I can't do the little things
I hold so dear
'Cause it's all those little things
That I fear

'Cause I'm just a girl
I'd rather not be
'Cause they won't let me drive
Late at night
I'm just a girl.
Guess I'm some kind of freak
'Cause they all sit and stare
With their eyes
I'm just a girl.
Take a good look at me.
Just your typical prototype
Oh. . .I've had it up to here!
Oh. . .am I making myself clear?

I'm just a girl in the world...
That's all that you'll let me be!

I'm just a girl, living in captivity
Your rule of thumb
Makes me worry some
I'm just a girl. . .what's my destiny?
What I've succumbed to
Is making me numb
I'm just a girl, my apologies
What I've become is so burdensome
I'm just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum there's no comparison