HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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they were highly skilled
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they worked harder than men
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they did not need health benefits
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they could be paid less than men
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -This is simply because education in the early 19th century was not compulsory. Many schools were expensive to send a child to, so working class families couldn’t afford to send children there. Parents were quite willing to let children work in mills and factories as it provided the family with a higher income.
Detailed explanation-3: -The factory owners preferred female and child workers since they could pay them less. Workers including children, during this time, had to work for long hours for very less pay. Moreover, women were not provided with any facilities and children were employed in dangerous mines.
Detailed explanation-4: -Outside of textiles, women were employed in potteries and paper factories, but not in dye or glass manufacture. Of the women who worked in factories, 16 percent were under age 13, 51 percent were between the ages of 13 and 20, and 33 percent were age 21 and over. On average, girls earned the same wages as boys.