HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Women and children being punished.
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Women and children under 10 working.
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Women and children having water.
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Woman and children being payed less than men.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Mines and Collieries Act was passed on this day in 1842, forbidding any female, and any child below the age of ten, from working underground in the mines. We’re all for free enterprise here at MoneyWeek .
Detailed explanation-2: -Prohibition of the presence of persons below eighteen years of age in a mine. Section 46. Employment of women. Section 47.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prohibition of Night Work Section 46(1)(b) of the Mines Act, 1952 prohibits employment of women in any mine above ground except between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Detailed explanation-4: -Children work both above and under ground. In the tunnels and mineshafts they risk death from explosions, rock falls, and tunnel collapse. They breathe air filled with dust and sometimes toxic gases. Above ground, children dig, crush, mill, and haul ore – often in the hot sun.