Industrial Revolution Dbq Essay

The industrial revolution caused a general shift from traditional gender roles in the household to woman being forced into dangerous working conditions.The widespread employment of woman gave head way to profond social change that occurred in the erra.The employment of woman gave way to the new generation acceptance of woman in the workplace.Contrary to the rigid social structure of Victorian england Factories were not in compliance with the strict social edquite.At the time of the revolution queen victoria had begun to dictate social edicte that was especially demanding of young woman, but in these factories and mine little social edict was seen,prompting many wealthy victorians to be appalled by the conditions.
Documents three and six both

believing work never did harm her health but did favor farm work to factory work,Believing the factory work to be to demanding, that statement attest to the hard work these young girls and women did.Document two is a second hand account from a journalist who investigated working conditions of the factories in germany.In his point of view the factory work was doing the young girls and woman no harm, in fact the only thing he found to complain about was the girl's shrill voices even after the mashions were turned off,though he does complement the girls on their ability to concentrate and stand for such long hours.Document three tells how essentially these young girls and women were slaves on the way the worked.These young girls and woman made little money and worked tirelessly for long hours in horrible conditions, showing one of the few documents that tell a negative view on the conditions that these young women and girls faced.Document four is the account of a man who worked with woman in the factory, he describe a situation where socially inappropriate behavior was accepted and his disapproval of the actions of both