The Industrial Revolution was a time period where ideas and inventions were made in order to excel the lives of citizens. Starting in England during the mid 1700’s, the Industrial Revolution sparked the creation of new inventions , agriculture, new jobs,and many more. Following England, other countries such as; the United States and Continental Europe began to realize that becoming industrialized was the way to go. Although there were both pros and cons to industrialization, overall the revolution contributed to the wealth of the nation. Even though the revolution added more wealth to the nation, the cost of lives and personal damages were way crucial. When it come to female workers working in silk factories, one can believe that the cost
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One borrowed idea was the creation of the marvelous textile mill and silk factories. A textile mill is a manufacturing facility where types of cloths, are produced or processed into finished products, such as clothing (asbestos.com). While working in silk factories, many female workers were introduced to biased working environments that gained a profit off the hard work of underpaid women. For example in Document B, it was stated; “a normal working day in a plant in Okaya was thirteen to fourteen hours.” Through the normal working day, employees were only given a 40 minute break per day, broken into two sets of 15 minutes breaks and one 10 minute break, clearly lacking the ability of having a reasonable break period. At times workers would even work the entire week without a single break, clearly inhumane but the job had to be done. Imagine doing a task that requires a numerous amount of labor and having no time to take a break. A problem that still occurred then and still till this day in society is the difference in pay for male and female workers. According to Document C, “a male cotton mill worker makes on average 27 sen, whereas a female cotton mill worker makes on average 9 sen.” There is about a 22 sen difference in pay for the same job been having done. The difference in pay often had to do with political beliefs, but at the end of the day the same risks
One borrowed idea was the creation of the marvelous textile mill and silk factories. A textile mill is a manufacturing facility where types of cloths, are produced or processed into finished products, such as clothing (asbestos.com). While working in silk factories, many female workers were introduced to biased working environments that gained a profit off the hard work of underpaid women. For example in Document B, it was stated; “a normal working day in a plant in Okaya was thirteen to fourteen hours.” Through the normal working day, employees were only given a 40 minute break per day, broken into two sets of 15 minutes breaks and one 10 minute break, clearly lacking the ability of having a reasonable break period. At times workers would even work the entire week without a single break, clearly inhumane but the job had to be done. Imagine doing a task that requires a numerous amount of labor and having no time to take a break. A problem that still occurred then and still till this day in society is the difference in pay for male and female workers. According to Document C, “a male cotton mill worker makes on average 27 sen, whereas a female cotton mill worker makes on average 9 sen.” There is about a 22 sen difference in pay for the same job been having done. The difference in pay often had to do with political beliefs, but at the end of the day the same risks