The Effects the Industrial Revolution had on Women and Children

Life for Women and Children during the Industrial Revolution was no where near the way women and children are living today.  Working conditions in factories and other areas did not have many rules when coming to who works, how much the person gets paid, how long they are working for, what they are doing, etc.  Factory owners needed a lot of workers who did not need to get paid much, did not complain, and were not educated enough to think what was going on was wrong.  This is why kids were the perfect ones for the jobs.  Kids are also tiny enough to fit in smaller spaces or reach in smaller spaces adults can not.  Children began working in all different industries.  These kids also did not attend school during this time because of work, the expenses, and the fact that it was simply not a high demand.

Women during this time faced different demands than they do now.  Women were expected to go out to work in factories.  Some lucky women were maids for wealthy families, while other unlucky ones had to work in rougher areas.  Women were also pressured to have babies because of the high demand for working children.  The birth rate rapidly increased during this time.

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The Effects That the Industrial Revolution Had on Women and Children

As the Industrial Revolution emerged, factories were spreading rapidly and the owners needed workers immediately. With the high amount of work that needed to be done, the owners refused to pay high wages. They knew that hiring children would be their easy way out, but more like their cheap way. Unfortunately during this time families needed the money so it was only practical for the kids to take on such jobs. The factories took advantage of the small children not being educated, and used their size to help move through the small dangerous machinery that adults couldn't. Restrictions and a certain amount of working hours did not exist. The kids never complained nor the parents because the working class families needed the extra income, no matter how unsafe.

As the children worked, the women took on the role of laboring as well. They were able to find jobs in textile factories, piece work shops and even coal mines. Just like the environment the children were working in the women's weren't any safer. All the machinery in the factories were dangerously clustered together, and the work areas were chaotic. These women would work long hours and have to come home to finish up their domestic work to keep the house hold running. The women during this time period had a lot to juggle to keep their own families running. 

The Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Women and Children

The Industrial Revolution had positive and festive effects on women and their children. During the Industrial Revolution, women usually worked in unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, as factory work was not initially regulated by the government. Women often worked in dangerous mill towns and textile factories, and they were paid far less than men. On the other hand, many of these women were forced to leave their homes and live independently. This allowed them to be part of social activism and more labor movements, which allowed them to have a say in changing the dangerous working conditions. This also helped women support themselves and their families by making enough money there. As for children, they were forced to taken from their families, sent to go work, and were considered cheap child labor. Children also had to work in dangerous working conditions, which often caused diseases that could become life-threatening. Unlike women, there were hardly any benefits for children except for the ones that had working parents, and they were able to have a somewhat enjoyable childhood. 

The Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Women and the Family

The Industrial Revolution was full of improvements in technology, mass producing and factory manufacturing. This led to many job opportunities for women and children that were outside of their typical in-home jobs. 

Women worked in dangerous and disgusting working conditions during the Industrial Revolution. Women were payed less than men. Women worked in overcrowded environments such as the 129 women who died in the unsafe conditions of the Triangle shirtwaist factory. On the other hand, the Industrial Revolution was the start of women independence. Women were able to leave their homes, become socially active and join labor movements. Since women worked everyday, they gained enough money on their own to support both themselves and their children. 

Furthermore, child labor was one of the outcomes of the Industrial Revolution. Children were taken from their families and sent to work in dangerous conditions for cheap labor. Many children developed lifelong negative effects due to these horrible conditions and the workers taken advantage of them. However, children, who worked during the Industrial Revolution, were able to make more money and achieve greater economic benefits for survival. Childhood development was also increased because children were often on their own and very independent. They had to be away from their families and work in dangerous conditions. 

The Effects of Industrial Revolution on Women & Children

The Industrial Revolution was more brutal than it was kind, especially to women and children. In both England and the U.S Women and children would work in unsafe and unsanitary conditions, factory work was not initially regulated by the governments at the time. Female industrial-era workers mainly were stationed in "Mill Towns" for example, Lowell, Massachusetts, were there lives were completely dominated by the company and were making less profit for working more hours than men. There were may tragedies during this era, for example the "Triangle shirtwaist factory fire where 129 women and 17 men were traps and burned alive due to the safety protocol of locking the outdoors due to theft precaution.  Many women left their homes at this time to began an independent life, this caused an out-roar and protesting was at an all time high. Once the protesting reach a national security level wages for women increased and women were making a enough money than to support their families and themselves. As for children, children had it bad, they were forced into working in factories for little pay and long hours. This would some what remind you of slavery, they worked in harsh conditions same as women and many lives were lost as may factories caused children to have long term diseases and health issues that were untreatable during this era.

Empathy in technology

Modern day technology makes it so easy to communicate and stay in touch with your family and the ones you love. When you love, you have empathy for another person, you understand and feel for somebody else. Unfortunately this theme is slipping in the black hole of technology, iphones and ipads. This is because we do not have to actually speak and sense emotion, we simply take the text message we receive and then move on. A text message does not give the impact that a actual conversation has.

Technology is Killing Empathy...Kind of

I do believe technology is killing empathy, but only to an extent. I think we are having less human to human conversation and that is very alarming. We would rather go on Facebook or Instagram, then have a genuine conversation with a family member, friend, or even someone you meet for the first time. On the other side of the coin and on a personal note, I have one of my best friends that lives in California. The only way we can actually talk to one another is through phone calls and messaging. We have been friends for over six years and actually talk every single day. Without technology, I would never be able to communicate with him on a daily basis. In terms of actual human connections, I do believe technology is harming us in a way. I don't think its killing it completely though.and I do think we all still have a little empathy still left in us somewhere.