Women's Rights During The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was possibly the biggest stepping stone America ever took toward the future. Packed with advancements in technology, transportation and legal rights. Even though the Industrial Revolution was full of life changing inventions, the creation of child labor laws, women’s rights and the steam engine overshadowed all the others by evolving America into true greatness.
Throughout history, child labor laws weren't always there to protect the health and safety of America’s future generations. According to Needham.com, “the children worked longer hours with harder work,” than all the fully grown, developed adults.(Child Labor in Factories). The unsafe, dirty factories were powered by people, twenty-five percent of which were …show more content…
Referencing to History Crunch.com,” the traditional role for women began to change as the Industrial Revolution unfolded,” as they began to work in the unsafe textile factories.(Role of Women in the Industrial Revolution). The conditions were terrible, if you were a maid in that time period, you were classified as a lucky women because you escaped the dangers of factory work. The women were also expected to produce more children, some became mothers of ten. They were expected to do this because the children could then grow up and work in the factories themselves. This proved problematic with the children because the mothers were often at work, leaving the children being raised by older relatives. The ladies did make a portion of the profit for the household however they still were not as valued as the men. The women made less money per hour and the safety conditions were not a considered topic. The population decided they needed to achieve equality in the workplace and in the outside world. They held rallies and protest as a form of fighting. History Crunch.com explained that, “they saw their role in society dramatically shift.”(History Crunch Staff). The urge to recieve rights appeared toward the end of the
Throughout history, child labor laws weren't always there to protect the health and safety of America’s future generations. According to Needham.com, “the children worked longer hours with harder work,” than all the fully grown, developed adults.(Child Labor in Factories). The unsafe, dirty factories were powered by people, twenty-five percent of which were …show more content…
Referencing to History Crunch.com,” the traditional role for women began to change as the Industrial Revolution unfolded,” as they began to work in the unsafe textile factories.(Role of Women in the Industrial Revolution). The conditions were terrible, if you were a maid in that time period, you were classified as a lucky women because you escaped the dangers of factory work. The women were also expected to produce more children, some became mothers of ten. They were expected to do this because the children could then grow up and work in the factories themselves. This proved problematic with the children because the mothers were often at work, leaving the children being raised by older relatives. The ladies did make a portion of the profit for the household however they still were not as valued as the men. The women made less money per hour and the safety conditions were not a considered topic. The population decided they needed to achieve equality in the workplace and in the outside world. They held rallies and protest as a form of fighting. History Crunch.com explained that, “they saw their role in society dramatically shift.”(History Crunch Staff). The urge to recieve rights appeared toward the end of the