The start of the industrial revolution in
1890 was the start of many major changes for children and women who lived in
the united states. Before this time women and children were not required to do
much work outside the regular house choirs. At this time many different
machines and factories were being created and the demand for workers began to
raise. Women mostly found jobs in domestic service, textile
factories, and piece work shops. They also worked in the coal mines. Many
children did not attend school because they too had to take on jobs. The
cost of living went up at this point and many families put their children
to work as young as age nine. There were also no labor laws at this time that
required for breaks from work, age requirement, and other important rules
that we have today.
Anisa, I feel the cost of living was absolutely ridiculous back then and the fact that education could not even be acquired by children at the time was absurd. As if it was this viscous cycle of people becoming more and more uneducated. I touched on the cost of living in my blog, and the fact that the role of the homemaker turned into more than just one role, which included now working in treacherous conditions to picking up the slack in the home.
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