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  • Workers lived in tenements which were usually very crowded, small, and dirty. They often had 3 to 4 families per room. Waste was put in the backyard in a trench, and there was no indoor Plumbing.
  • Factory conditions were terrible. Safety was not high on the list, for factories usually only had one exit. This helped regulate who was coming into and leaving the factory, but in the event of a disaster, would be a death sentence to anyone trying to leave. Factories also had no fire escapes on windows, and windows were usually few and far between. Workers also wore a minimum amount of clothes, for factories were hot, especially steel mills, were workers often times worked naked with scalding hot metal only feet away.
  • Women earned half of what men earned.
  • Women and children were large parts of the workforce.
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