As the United States transformed into an industrialized nation in the late 19th century, the effects of this had many positive changes that affected society, but it created serious problems that required to be addressed. Through the sources: “Studies of Factory Life: Among the Women” by Lillie B. Chase Wyman and “Waifs in New York City’s Slums” by Jacob Riis, we can piece together how industrialization and urbanization affected the working class and the poor. These reformers during this era spent their time trying to expose the horrors of the working class and poor and the changes of gender role of women, which was a rising consequence of the industrialization.
“Studies of Factory Life: Among the Women” by Lillie B Chase Wyman points toward two main issues during that era: the rise of numbers of women working, and the struggles of the working class and poor. Her article focuses on a portraying stories of workers, especially women, and hardships of their working life to advocate on why employers should offer female workers a safe place to board near their …show more content…
In his article, “Waifs in New York City’s Slums,” Riis focuses on the living conditions of the poor in New York City. His article focuses on how many mothers cannot keep their child(ren) because they cannot afford expenses for them, or they had them illegitimately which wasn’t their fault. To get of rid them, many of the mothers left their babies out or neglected them for long periods of time. “In a score of years an army of twenty-five thousands of these forlorn little waifs have cried out from the streets of New York…under the blessings of which the instinct of motherhood even was smothered by poverty and want. Only the poor abandon their children,” the author writes. This shows that mothers had no choice but to surrender to these methods due to
“Studies of Factory Life: Among the Women” by Lillie B Chase Wyman points toward two main issues during that era: the rise of numbers of women working, and the struggles of the working class and poor. Her article focuses on a portraying stories of workers, especially women, and hardships of their working life to advocate on why employers should offer female workers a safe place to board near their …show more content…
In his article, “Waifs in New York City’s Slums,” Riis focuses on the living conditions of the poor in New York City. His article focuses on how many mothers cannot keep their child(ren) because they cannot afford expenses for them, or they had them illegitimately which wasn’t their fault. To get of rid them, many of the mothers left their babies out or neglected them for long periods of time. “In a score of years an army of twenty-five thousands of these forlorn little waifs have cried out from the streets of New York…under the blessings of which the instinct of motherhood even was smothered by poverty and want. Only the poor abandon their children,” the author writes. This shows that mothers had no choice but to surrender to these methods due to