How Did The Industrial Revolution Change The World?
Many would argue that the Industrial Revolution changed the world for the better due to the new technologies and inventions that transformed the way people lived and worked in Britain during the 19th century. Although these new inventions made some people’s lives easier, it is evident that the working class did not benefit from this period of development but endured an era of hardship and difficulties. The lower class became unwell due to their unhygenic and poor living standards. As a result of the new machinary and factories, child labourers endured abusive treatment and women were forced to work receiving low income aswell as nuture their families. These factors contribute to the destitution this era brought upon for the lower class.
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Women worked in textile mills, as servants and as needleworkers; however, their jobs were not gratifying. Although women were paid less than men, “they tended to do what they were told, and did not complain about the extensive hours and bad working conditions” (Bellamy and Morse, 1996). Due to their husband’s incapability to receive a sustainable income to provide for their families, women were forced to work. Not only did they have to care for their children, cook and clean they now had to work resulting in fatigue. “Amongst other things I saw a cotton mill – a sight that froze my blood. The place was full of women, young, all of them, some large with child, and obliged to stand twelve hours each day.” John Roebuck, a member of parliament, described a visit to a cotton mill in letter to his wife (1838). This quote suggests that the society was unaware of the punitive working conditions that women had to tolerate unless they visited themselves. During the industrial Revolution women’s lives became more of a challenge due to the horrid working conditions and low wages effecting the care they could provide for their
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Women worked in textile mills, as servants and as needleworkers; however, their jobs were not gratifying. Although women were paid less than men, “they tended to do what they were told, and did not complain about the extensive hours and bad working conditions” (Bellamy and Morse, 1996). Due to their husband’s incapability to receive a sustainable income to provide for their families, women were forced to work. Not only did they have to care for their children, cook and clean they now had to work resulting in fatigue. “Amongst other things I saw a cotton mill – a sight that froze my blood. The place was full of women, young, all of them, some large with child, and obliged to stand twelve hours each day.” John Roebuck, a member of parliament, described a visit to a cotton mill in letter to his wife (1838). This quote suggests that the society was unaware of the punitive working conditions that women had to tolerate unless they visited themselves. During the industrial Revolution women’s lives became more of a challenge due to the horrid working conditions and low wages effecting the care they could provide for their