Industrial Revolution Women
Analyze chages and continuities in the roles of women in Weatern Europe during the period 1750-1940.
Ideas
Women have always been mostly subservent to the men. Men were partriarchal.
Women were expected to take care of the children, clean the house, cook the food, and do laundry. Women in the work field weren’t getting treated equally as the men and had to work in very dangerous situations. The women who were slaves still were not treated as well as the women who were white. They were still expected to take care of the children and continue their household duties even while they worked. They also did not get as much of an education as the men. Some of the women were in the lower classes were illiterate while the upper class women. They were not allowed to go to college, and couldn’t have the same jobs as men. Job choices for women were either governness, teacher, nanny, maid, housekeeper. They were taught to paint, sew, draw.
Their only of having a good life life was completely dependent on their husbands.
First paragraph
Since the beginning of time women have been treated unequal. Men have almost always been above the women simply because of their physical strength. During the period 17:50-1940 in Western Europe these old traditions carried on, and the women were expected to work, cook, clean, and take care of the children. This horrible gender inequality carried on and still does even today.
Although the Industrial Revolution opened the door for new jobs for women the conditions were harsh. In the factories, women has to work long hard hours in incredibly dangerous, hostile environments. It was very dusty and the women were not safe from the diseases that were carried in the murky air. Most of the women were unskilled laborers and would get paid almost half what the men were getting. Not only were grown women working in the industry, but young children too. This caused quite a problem because many of the children died from the heavy machinery crushing them or
Ideas
Women have always been mostly subservent to the men. Men were partriarchal.
Women were expected to take care of the children, clean the house, cook the food, and do laundry. Women in the work field weren’t getting treated equally as the men and had to work in very dangerous situations. The women who were slaves still were not treated as well as the women who were white. They were still expected to take care of the children and continue their household duties even while they worked. They also did not get as much of an education as the men. Some of the women were in the lower classes were illiterate while the upper class women. They were not allowed to go to college, and couldn’t have the same jobs as men. Job choices for women were either governness, teacher, nanny, maid, housekeeper. They were taught to paint, sew, draw.
Their only of having a good life life was completely dependent on their husbands.
First paragraph
Since the beginning of time women have been treated unequal. Men have almost always been above the women simply because of their physical strength. During the period 17:50-1940 in Western Europe these old traditions carried on, and the women were expected to work, cook, clean, and take care of the children. This horrible gender inequality carried on and still does even today.
Although the Industrial Revolution opened the door for new jobs for women the conditions were harsh. In the factories, women has to work long hard hours in incredibly dangerous, hostile environments. It was very dusty and the women were not safe from the diseases that were carried in the murky air. Most of the women were unskilled laborers and would get paid almost half what the men were getting. Not only were grown women working in the industry, but young children too. This caused quite a problem because many of the children died from the heavy machinery crushing them or