HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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lower-middle-class
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upper-middle-class
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working-class
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -They worked either in factories, or in domestic service for richer households or in family businesses. Many women also carried out home-based work such as finishing garments and shoes for factories, laundry, or preparation of snacks to sell in the market or streets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women’s rights were extremely limited in this era, losing ownership of their wages, their physical property excluding land property, and all other cash they generated once married.
Detailed explanation-3: -Single women worked as spinners, tailoresses, milliners, and washerwomen. Many women were domestic servants. Others were midwives and milkmaids.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. in the mid-1800s, some women went to work in factories alongside their families, sometimes with their children. In 1840, 10% of women had jobs outside the home, and by 1850 that number increased to 15%.