HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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each factory had a first aid station to deal with injuries
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they used children and women because they could pay them less
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those who were injured and unable to work were fired
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children as young as 10 were full time employees
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lower Wages and Poor Working Conditions One reason that the factory owners liked to hire women was because they could pay them less. At the time, women made around half of what men made for doing the same job.
Detailed explanation-2: -There was no restriction on the age of workers, nor on the number of hours that they could work. This led to children as young as 8 or 9 being required to work 12 or more hours a day.
Detailed explanation-3: -1. Working conditions were unsanitary and the work was dangerous. 2. Education of the children suffered because of the demands of work.
Detailed explanation-4: -Factory owners preferred to employ women and children over men because they could be made to work in poor working conditions for lower wages than men. For a certain work, if men were paid 25 shillings, then women were paid 7 shillings and children 1 shilling. Spinning and weaving factories depended on women.