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 outweighed the benefits. In 1858 the Industrial Revolution arrived in Japan, along with borrowed ideas from America, England, and Italy.
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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 were on the line no matter what gender you are. The difference in pay was an opposing factor because the idea allows women to not feel as confident as they should due to the fact they were being paid less based on gender aka discrimination.While working at silk factories, many young women were asked or recommended to work. Document E presented a legal agreement titled, “Contract for Employment of Young Sil Worker With Girl’s Parents.” This document basically states that one’s family will receive earnest money upon their daughter(s) working for the company that following spring or summer. Earnest money is a large cash advance (Document E). While earning money in advance, serious consequences can occur if the young silk worker were to violate or break her contract.For example, if a girl's family was given amount of 2000 dollars per month and she violated her contract, she would have to pay 20 times that amount. Meaning 2000 time 20 which equals 40,000. The young worker and/or her family would have to recompinstate the government 20 times the money given if violations occurred (Document E). Being presented
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 were on the line no matter what gender you are. The difference in pay was an opposing factor because the idea allows women to not feel as confident as they should due to the fact they were being paid less based on gender aka discrimination.While working at silk factories, many young women were asked or recommended to work. Document E presented a legal agreement titled, “Contract for Employment of Young Sil Worker With Girl’s Parents.” This document basically states that one’s family will receive earnest money upon their daughter(s) working for the company that following spring or summer. Earnest money is a large cash advance (Document E). While earning money in advance, serious consequences can occur if the young silk worker were to violate or break her contract.For example, if a girl's family was given amount of 2000 dollars per month and she violated her contract, she would have to pay 20 times that amount. Meaning 2000 time 20 which equals 40,000. The young worker and/or her family would have to recompinstate the government 20 times the money given if violations occurred (Document E). Being presented