Want this question answered?
Samuel Slater was the first to set up a string of (textile) factories in the USA. He also was the first to introduce industrial-style working practices, including the use of child labor in factories.
They gained increased economic independence by working in factories.
Such factories are referred to as 'sweatshops'. Though not all are small factories.
Unhealthy and dangerous
what age were the children during the indusrial revolution? From age 4+ and over can start work. The youngest children as young as four were employed in production factories with dangerous, and often fatal, working conditions.
is it explosions
Single women were hired in textile factories in the 19th and early 20th centuries for several reasons. However, the main reasons were they were likely dexterous and able to work long hours.
They haven't. Although there are very few children working (illegally) in factories in the more developed countries, there are tens of thousands of children working in textile and other factories in south Asia and southeast Asia, as well as parts of South America and Africa. The clothing which many people wear, here in the U.S. is made (unfortunately) with child labor from many of these overseas textile factories.
Samuel Slater was the first to set up a string of (textile) factories in the USA. He also was the first to introduce industrial-style working practices, including the use of child labor in factories.
Most factories had schools for children who worked there.
Over time, people began working in factories more often than working in their own homes, with the textile industry being the first one to move the majority of jobs into factories. Factories hired a large number of women and children. There was a prevalent belief that everyone should be self-reliant and that everyone could become successful by working hard and saving money. Skilled workers sometimes had paid holidays. To be considered a member of the middle class, a family had to have at least one servant.
parents and children working together in mills
A Women makes upto $9 per hour working in a textile mill.
A Women makes upto $9 per hour working in a textile mill.
Mass production led to the separation of work and home life as more family members left home to work in factories. This disrupted traditional family dynamics and resulted in less time spent together as a family unit. Additionally, children were often sent to work in factories instead of receiving education or participating in household chores, changing the dynamics of family roles and responsibilities.
They gained increased economic independence by working in factories.
Factories begin because of the working conditions.