What Role Did Women Play During The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
According to the videos, the Industrial Revolution changed the role of a woman immensely. The women of the Industrial Revolution were now given the opportunity to become the money makers of the family if they really wanted to. Women were given more choices on what they could pursue in their lives. Many would go out and get jobs in hopes to provide for their families, and then there were some that went out looking for jobs to better their education, and to make something of themselves. Women no longer needed to sit around and wait for marriage because they were now able to go out and make their own means of living. They didn’t have to be so dependent on a man because they were given some of the same opportunities that they were denied previously.
While women were given some of the same opportunities in the work field. They were not given equal opportunity. Women were paid far less than men, a third of a half to be exact, and this was because it was assumed that women were not the sole money makers of the family because it was a man’s job. This made getting jobs for women easier because they could be hired for …show more content…
While women were being taken advantage of and being forced to work for lesser pay, men were being paid very low wages as well, that is unless they are very high skilled workers. The Industrial Revolution, at it’s start, exploited the very low class of workers that made very little in life because of the wages they were receiving. Immigrants were exploited in possibly the most unfairest of ways. People that had moved to the U.S. from another country, were forced into whatever period of the Revolution was going on at the time. They were exploited in ways in which they undergo these terrible conditions of whatever stage is occurring. Thankfully in America, the worser periods of the Industrial Revolution went by a lot faster than those in other
According to the videos, the Industrial Revolution changed the role of a woman immensely. The women of the Industrial Revolution were now given the opportunity to become the money makers of the family if they really wanted to. Women were given more choices on what they could pursue in their lives. Many would go out and get jobs in hopes to provide for their families, and then there were some that went out looking for jobs to better their education, and to make something of themselves. Women no longer needed to sit around and wait for marriage because they were now able to go out and make their own means of living. They didn’t have to be so dependent on a man because they were given some of the same opportunities that they were denied previously.
While women were given some of the same opportunities in the work field. They were not given equal opportunity. Women were paid far less than men, a third of a half to be exact, and this was because it was assumed that women were not the sole money makers of the family because it was a man’s job. This made getting jobs for women easier because they could be hired for …show more content…
While women were being taken advantage of and being forced to work for lesser pay, men were being paid very low wages as well, that is unless they are very high skilled workers. The Industrial Revolution, at it’s start, exploited the very low class of workers that made very little in life because of the wages they were receiving. Immigrants were exploited in possibly the most unfairest of ways. People that had moved to the U.S. from another country, were forced into whatever period of the Revolution was going on at the time. They were exploited in ways in which they undergo these terrible conditions of whatever stage is occurring. Thankfully in America, the worser periods of the Industrial Revolution went by a lot faster than those in other