What Role Did Women Play During The Industrial Revolution

An early nineteenth-century textile mill was a dangerous and unhealthy place to work. People worked in factories with small windows and lack of ventilation this made the factory air hard to breathe, which caused dust and other residue from the cotton to find their way into in to the worker’s lungs, causing severe illness. Workers constant bending and working in cramped conditions often led to physical deformities in factory workers, workers were abandoned from the moment than an accident occurred, their wages are stopped, no medical attendance is given and whatever the extent of the injury no compensation is offered. Overseers would punish anyone responsible for slowing or stopping the machines for any reason, machines had no safety fences or guards around them, so workers were always at risk of injury. People worked a fourteen to sixteen-hour day only getting paid $8-$10 a week, only getting about 10c an hour. Women received one-third or sometimes one-half the pay that men received, children received even less. workers were not allowed to have a watch or anything that could show them the time. Factories were not the best place to work, the only light present was the light from the sun through the

The industrial revolution in England was a time of technology, rapidly increasing populations, urbanization, and social change. This economical and societal change triggered an increase of women choosing to work as prostitutes. In this essay, prostitution refers only to street based sex solicitation, done by women. Prostitution was a way for women of the nineteenth century to defy the patriarchal society, in which women needed to rely on men, and those who chose not to were demonized and seen as a threat to a moral society. Even though women who chose to work as prostitutes often knew that they would face repercussions and judgement from other members of their communities, many women chose to enter the sex trade anyways, either as an easy way of making money, or as a last resort to help themselves and their families. Either way, prostitution was a way for these women to capitalise on their sexuality, and take advantage of men’s sexual desires. Unfortunately, as this threatened the power of the patriarchy, the act of prostitution and those who partook in it, were often punished and seen as immoral by society.

In my thesis, I contend that the Industrial Revolution impacted women because women in the working and poor classes were a key labor force in mills and factories, they supported their role as the backbone of the household economy by completing housework in the middle class, and finally the Industrial Revolution made an impact on the contributions of ideas made by women.

The profitability of textiles caused the factories to sometimes run 24 hours a day, resulting in children as young as six years old working overnight shifts. The work was exhausting and dangerous; one wrong move could easily cause irreparable damage. Other than the factory job boys were employed in agriculture or mining whereas, girls were most commonly domestic servants. Due to a big increase in income for Middle-class families, this allowed the use of more hired help. The work was grueling, along with psychological and sexual abuse which happened frequently.

Woman in the 1830’s during the Early Industrial Revolution, were offered jobs in factories that proposed many new opportunities.  Compared to living on the farm where they would have been stuck in past, at the factories, the women were ushered into the future with currency (money) and more opportunities for women to speak up and make decisions for themselves.

When discussing history, it is often assumed that the history of men is also the history of women. Historians often forget that women constantly experience historical processes differently because of the roles that they play and their biological differences. The second Industrial Revolution affected women uniquely, and their involvement and contributions were distinctive as well. The second Industrial Revolution lead to many advantages and disadvantages for women, it changed the types of work women performed, changed their attitudes about working, men’s attitudes towards them working, and their status and function in the family structure was transformed as well. Along with the technical and economic advancements during the Industrial Revolution was a social change that occurred for women, being the impetus for more progressive movements, empowerment, and the fight for equality in a patriarchal society.

The industrial revolution (1760 to 1840) was an exciting time, and while Britain and America were transforming modern society there was an incredibly high demand for labor. Children as young as 4 years old were working underpaid in factories to keep themselves and their poverty struck families alive. I will be exploring why it was that so many children were working in factories during the industrial revolution, and how they compare to the child labourers of today. I will begin my essay by explaining the child labor system during the Industrial Revolution, and the laws that regulated it. Furthermore, I will look at Samuel Davy’s story and how being a 7-year-old child labourer affected his family. To continue

The early Industrial Revolution significantly impacted the family, role of women, and the living and working conditions of the industrial workers during the 18th and 19th centuries. The early Industrial Revolution was the shift from an agricultural society to a more industrialized and mechanic society. Because of this , workers were needed to work and maintain the machines continually. This work requirement led to increases in population in industrial cities.

Statistically women may not be considered a minority group if you were to look at there numbers in ratio to males, The amount of restrictions and limitations Women had in past time and still in this day is astonishing and that is what placed them on the map as such a major minority group. During the industrial revolution woman was a major minority group. They were thought less of by many people and they were treated that way in return. When looking at the different minority groups through chapter 12, 13 and 14 this group caught my attention most the most not because they were treated the most unfairly but because of the amount of people this impacted compared to the other minority groups. Being a Male and living in the times that I have grown up in, sexism didn’t play much of a role and it hasn’t occurred much in my years, but after reading about the amount of sexism there was in the early 1900’s I was shocked with the things I read.

The Industrial revolution. Arguably one of the greatest moments in English and global history. A time that had industrialized the whole of England, revolutionized science, government, literature, machinery, and even art. However, despite these evolutionary and forever game changing events, the Industrial Revolution had a dark side. In order for the industrialization of England to be stable and maintained, human hands were required in factories, mills, and mines. From dawn till dusk, men, women, and children engaged in dangerous and hard labour and were paid far below what they deserved for doing so. They were mistreated in a various ways that would cause any civilized human in todays modern age to cringe in astonishment and disbelief. In fact, many historians and philosophers have come

There were so many people in need for jobs that the owners stopped caring about how they treated their employees. If their employee was not doing what the owner had wanted they would be fired because there was always someone to replace them. Child labor also became a big problem. Factory owners often always wanted the person who would be paid the least, and Child labor was the cheapest labor of all. Some maintenance tasks, such as squeezing into tight spaces, could be performed more easily by children than adults. And, children did not try to join workers unions or go on strike. Best of all, they were paid 1/10 of what men were paid. Many children appeared to be no older than seven. The men, generally from sixteen to twenty-four. Some of these machines were so easy to operate that a small child could perform the simple, repetitive tasks. It’s not surprising, then, that children were heavily employed in the first factories in history. In 1789, in Richard Arkwright’s new spinning factory, two-thirds of 1,150 factory workers were children. Child labor was, unfortunately, integral to the first factories, mines, and mills. In textile mills, as new power looms and spinning mules took the place of skilled workers, factory owners used cheap, unskilled labor to decrease the cost of production. The tedious and dangerous factory work had negative effects on the health of children. Doctor Turner Thackrah

It was custom and cultural for woman to stay home and raise their family. However, during the industrial revolution women changed their lives through what they were able to do, which affected particularly women also girls that couldn't work past puberty, during the Industrial revolution men were forced to work longer hours. Not able to socialize as much. The creation on sites such as The Crystal place a building created mostly of glass and iron during 1850 was considered as a masterpiece, inviting millions of visitors from all over europe.

Beginning in approximately 1780 the world had a great shift from hand tools to power machinery referred to as the Industrial Revolution which affected chiefly Great Britain, the bulk of which spanned until roughly 1850 . Many of the consequences of this industrialization were shifts in the conditions of working and living. This investigation will explore the degree of social change that occurred to the roles and expectations of women during this time period as a result of these shifts. In order to determine the extent to which the Industrial Revolution’s influences correlated to changes in women’s roles this investigation will examine people working in the new jobs who were directly affected, the changes to women over time, as well as issues brought on by changes the revolution caused as a whole as reflected on by historians. These sources will be compared in order to fully understand the extent of change.

One of the positive aspect of the Industrial Revolution is it permitted some women to join the work force. Many women started to find waged work to improve their standard of living. As women started to earn money their independence grew; and so did their demand for equality. In the website UKEssays it states that, “As women became more independent and involved with the society they inhabited, they began to take-part in protests and campaigns in which women fought for their rights, both inside and outside of the household.” They no longer wanted men to cast a shadow over them. The Industrial Revolution was one of the main factors that contributed to the beginning of women's equality. A couple of 100-years

Life Before The Industrial Revolution: Due to the explosion of popular inventions and ideas in the Industrial Revolution, the pre Industrial Revolution time period was almost phased out of history although it did influence children in many ways. Within this section, before 1760, child labour was very rare and work was mainly related to farming and other household jobs. Families worked to provide for themselves and most of the time the children did the same by following in their parents footsteps. The youngest in the family were often taught to milk cows, churn butter, and care for farm animals. This evidence was sourced from The Harvard Interactive Textbook.