Industrialization

Industrialization as a whole has indeed impeded on the role of women in the household. The Industrial Revolution absolutely allowed women to be more independent and take initiative, they now had a different purpose to a certain extent, which was outside of the home. New standards were now imposed on the role of women, and a different type of work ethic was now in place. This may have been great at the time, and the perspective towards women now working and being active in the industry must have been something surreal in the moment. Taking all of this into account, the treatment and working conditions that were to come for these women were absolutely horrible. Was it worth being treated like garbage? Was it worth the wage or the burden that was now imposed on the household and children? I suppose it was, in regards to sustaining all life and the cost of living at the time. I feel the Industrial Revolution eradicated some roles of women, specifically in the household, however adding new roles in the factory. Not only this though, I also feel it added double time for the homemaker, which is obviously the woman or the mother. If the father was not around, the woman was inevitably picking up the slack in the home, taking care of the children, taking care of the home environment, on top of being mistreated in the factories and working long/ridiculous hours to earn practically nothing.


I suppose this was the transition process, and if anything this was a catalyst for obtaining women's rights and equality amongst all people. Meaning, this was ultimately required for society to reach such great heights in the time to come.