Did The Industrial Revolution Provide More Economic Opportunities For Women In The 1830s?
Hailey Michaelis.
History paper. Sections 62879 and 62881. Professor: Mrs. Ellis
(Did the industrial revolution provide more economic opportunities for women in the 1830s?)
The industrial revolution opened many doors for women, in the 1830s women were still believed to work at home, opposed to working in factories or doing a mans job. Women were supposed to maintain the household and maintain their religious practices while the men went out to make the money and bring home food for his children and wife. That all changed a few years later in 1835 when women were finally able to work in factories, but they were being paid less then men were because many women were looked down upon for working in a mans world. For most of the 18th century …show more content…
The transition from an agricultural to the industrial economy had taken more then half a century to fully take its course by the late 1790s and the 1830s.
The industrial revolution had finally begun during the mid 18th century, “But the American colonies lagged far behind the mother country in part because the abundance of land and scarcity of labor.” But because the colonies fell behind what was known as the new world started losing interest in many expensive investments like machinery production of any kind. The industrial revolution changed a lot for women by offering them more jobs in schools, factories and also in markets, which also brought more money into many households. During the industrial revolution, women of the middle class took up their of major political tool which was the petition the right to petition was the strongest tool women had back in the 1830s because it gave women a voice. This also helped give us a lot of the jobs we have today for women, if it had not have been for what was known has the women’s movement we would not have a lot of the opportunities that we have today. It …show more content…
But it wasn’t just the women who where effect dramatically by this but children were too with more women leaving home many children became neglected and the death rates for infants had increased because women weren’t home to looked after them but the husbands also were at work, eventually women had started to encourage their children to join the work force so that they would not be home alone. Women never gave up on their effort to join society and become more involved, “By 1871, there were three major movements that took the nation by storm: the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, the Committee for Obtaining the Admission of Women to University Examinations, and the National Union for the Education of Girls of All Classes above the Elementary.” Women weren’t easily accepted into schools like men were because of their place was supposed to be at home but women still fought to get a higher education and eventually they had hoped to be accepted in the new world as independent women who will prove to that they deserve to be equal to men without a question although they knew that it wasn’t going to
History paper. Sections 62879 and 62881. Professor: Mrs. Ellis
(Did the industrial revolution provide more economic opportunities for women in the 1830s?)
The industrial revolution opened many doors for women, in the 1830s women were still believed to work at home, opposed to working in factories or doing a mans job. Women were supposed to maintain the household and maintain their religious practices while the men went out to make the money and bring home food for his children and wife. That all changed a few years later in 1835 when women were finally able to work in factories, but they were being paid less then men were because many women were looked down upon for working in a mans world. For most of the 18th century …show more content…
The transition from an agricultural to the industrial economy had taken more then half a century to fully take its course by the late 1790s and the 1830s.
The industrial revolution had finally begun during the mid 18th century, “But the American colonies lagged far behind the mother country in part because the abundance of land and scarcity of labor.” But because the colonies fell behind what was known as the new world started losing interest in many expensive investments like machinery production of any kind. The industrial revolution changed a lot for women by offering them more jobs in schools, factories and also in markets, which also brought more money into many households. During the industrial revolution, women of the middle class took up their of major political tool which was the petition the right to petition was the strongest tool women had back in the 1830s because it gave women a voice. This also helped give us a lot of the jobs we have today for women, if it had not have been for what was known has the women’s movement we would not have a lot of the opportunities that we have today. It …show more content…
But it wasn’t just the women who where effect dramatically by this but children were too with more women leaving home many children became neglected and the death rates for infants had increased because women weren’t home to looked after them but the husbands also were at work, eventually women had started to encourage their children to join the work force so that they would not be home alone. Women never gave up on their effort to join society and become more involved, “By 1871, there were three major movements that took the nation by storm: the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, the Committee for Obtaining the Admission of Women to University Examinations, and the National Union for the Education of Girls of All Classes above the Elementary.” Women weren’t easily accepted into schools like men were because of their place was supposed to be at home but women still fought to get a higher education and eventually they had hoped to be accepted in the new world as independent women who will prove to that they deserve to be equal to men without a question although they knew that it wasn’t going to