Factory Girl

The Lowell factory was an experiment into an alternative way of running a factory where both the workers and owners could benefit equally. One of the most major points to be made is that most, if not all, of the workers were female. The factory consisted of the manufacturing area, the dorms, and the facilities for the workers. The facilities included places such as lecture halls and schools for their education. This was all supposed to facilitate a place for a life of work as well as learning. However

machines and general atmosphere in factories was dreadful. Deaths were extremely common. Child labor was a necessity for the time period, but has since been rightfull illegaliszed. In 1800's factories, where child labor was a common necessity, deaths were almost an every day experience. The young girl from whom the letter was written did not seem overly sensitive to relaying information about a death. For example, Mary writes to her father, "Last Thursday one girl fell down and broke her neck which

on the British model for factories. Samuel Slater, a former apprentice at an English textile factory, emigrated to America secretly in 1789 in order to take advantage of America’s need for textiles by emulating what he had seen in English factories. The introduction of the first industrial mill not only increased the speed that cotton could be transformed to yarn, but also introduced new Organizational strategies that were employed by factories. For example, the “Factory System” which was utilized

would send their children out to work in factories or mines. It was very common for young teenage girls to be sent to work in factories. Although, working far from home would mean being separated from their families. It was noted that these girls would get supplied with a home and get paid to help support their family. (The large factory indicated in the photo most likely have provided many jobs for people in the community) (Document 3). There were many factories in cities because it provided a place

found her as she was leaving work to go visit her house and her brother. But Lyddie (the main character) has found a solution to all of her problems, she would go work as a factory girl in Lowell, Massachusetts getting paid $1.50 an hour for all of the work she had done and she would get to live in a boarding house with other factory workers. She heads off

world into an unprecendented era of innovation and production. In order to keep up the factories and continue to manufacture goods faster than ever before, children were forced to enter the workplace at extremely young ages. As a consequence, these children often had to quit their schooling in order to earn money for their families. We have few objective facts on what happened to the children forced to work in factories, and so we must compile what information we have on the topic and find the differences

where the heart and sole for the factories;not only did they have to work at such hours,but they did it with such a grace and many were eager to work for it gave them a sense of independence. Industrialization was the reason behind the young women working in the factories and mills ,however it was not the best working conditions. Many of the young girls did not have the knowledge to work with the equipment nor were they being taught; this leading to the girls getting hurt or being scared of

Some reasons to support my claim is that factories had a big effect on children, it also impacted women and their wages and the environment. The Industrial Revolution had a negative effect on the children and women, and the reason it had a negative effect was that there were bad conditions that the children and women lived and worked in. The conditions that the children had to work under were horrible, which led to illnesses and diseases. Most factories were unsafe, unclean and the owners that the

population and 75 percent of the French population received their income through agriculture. However, as industrialization spread, many rural families moved to cities in seek of work. This resulted in a demographic boom, increasing city populations. Factory cities, such as Manchester, allowed for centralization of economy. Everyone involved lived within proximity of their work, thus expanding cities in unprecedented ways. The growth of these cities was essential to the development of a country, therefore

workers in Japanese factories have done? Well, it’s a lot but it all pays off! Female workers in Japan worked long hours. One regular working day could be as long as 13-14 hours (Document B)! Luckily the girls got paid! It may have taken about 16 long hours of working, just to be able to buy one- pound of sugar (Document C). The girls spent a lot of the time working in factories but the lifelong relationships they made were priceless! Female workers in Japanese Silk Factories: Did the costs outweigh