Before the Industrial Revolution:
Men were breadwinners
Women were homemakers
Women worked in cottage industry until it
began to die
When the cottage industry died:
- Thousands of home-based businesses were destroyed
- Forced women to go out and look for other places to work
During the Industrial Revolution
(Working Class)
Those who stayed in the countryside:
- They went into the service to work as a servant for high or middle class people.
- Servant’s wages were low
- They usually stayed in the attic
- They worked in farms and did agricultural work like weeding and harvesting
When they failed in these jobs too...
Many women found waged works like:
- Domestic service
- Textile factories
- Piece workshops
- Coal Mines
- Farm
Single women mostly worked in factories.
Mines, factories, cities- their condition were
horrific
horrific
Women who worked in silk factories had high risk
of cancer like skin or tuberculosis cancer.
of cancer like skin or tuberculosis cancer.
Most servants were degraded by their employers
and were often raped or abused.
and were often raped or abused.
Between one-third and one-half of all women
who earned income outside the home were
domestic servants.
who earned income outside the home were
domestic servants.
If they get pregnant or sick, they would usually
get fired.
get fired.
If they give birth, some babies will be killed in
order for the women to keep their jobs.
order for the women to keep their jobs.
They did all sorts of hard, dirty work like:
-Pulling carts with coals through tiny
underground mine shafts.
underground mine shafts.
They lived in a life of hardships
There were so many women available for work so
the employers paid them very little.
the employers paid them very little.
Even if they tried harder than men, they got paid
less.
less.
They even ate less than children or men.
(Middle and High Class)
Not all women were poor
Industrial Revolution provided independence for
some women
some women
Some women were able to start a better standard of living
Women in high class or middle class had easy access to their own money.
They were raised to become good housewives.
They had wealth and success.
They were:
They were:
- Able to live good lives
- Pampered by servants (They had large # of
servants (50 or more)
servants (50 or more)
- Since they had large number of servants, they had to live in a big house.
- All the middle class had at least one servants (Especially cooks first)
82.9% of French servants were all women.
How did this happen???
In 18th century, it started in England and in the
next century, it spread all over Europe and
beyond.
next century, it spread all over Europe and
beyond.
As the world became more urban, more
workplaces were opened
workplaces were opened
They needed workers to fill in the space
They allowed both genders to get jobs
Women needed money so they took the jobs.
Thank You :D
By: Emily and Lina
Thank You :D
By: Emily and Lina
