During the nineteenth century the gap of inequality was one that resulted in a wealth gap of rich and poor with very little in between. The lack of equality and expansion of cities filled with the new working class resulted in the desire of people for more. Following the French Revolution came the first signs of modern socialism and a growing demand for equality. In its purest form socialism calls for a even distribution of wealth and equal rights of all men. From 1815-1848 Britain and France experience strong developing socialist movements that would demand in policy changes and help in getting the newly industrialized workers the rights and conditions the people desired and most importantly deserved. Without the determination of the early
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This was because in the early and mid 1800’s only people with money and status would receive any recognition by government regarding changes in policy. The first policy that Owen tried to implement was one that would prohibit the use of workers under the age of ten. Owen proposed this would be enforced by requiring workers to provide a birth certificate to obtain employment in the factories. He also aimed to prevent those under the age of eight-teen from working late hours by imposing a curfew between 9pm-5am. The active enforcement of this new child labour legislation would be done by hired inspectors who could visit factories at anytime to ensure compliance to the rules. In 1819, Robert Owen’s appeals would help in passing a bill to prohibit child labour called the “Cotten Mills and Factories Act of 1819”. Although viewed by many of his supporters as a victory, Owen found that many of his key propositions had been scrapped or modified leaving a very vague piece of legislature. One missing point to the act was there was no concrete policy for inspection or enforcement of the few rules that did make it into the bill.Following the disappointing outcome of the bill, Owen moved on to create a more equal society which he would continue to model as a utopian society very similar to that of Charles
This was because in the early and mid 1800’s only people with money and status would receive any recognition by government regarding changes in policy. The first policy that Owen tried to implement was one that would prohibit the use of workers under the age of ten. Owen proposed this would be enforced by requiring workers to provide a birth certificate to obtain employment in the factories. He also aimed to prevent those under the age of eight-teen from working late hours by imposing a curfew between 9pm-5am. The active enforcement of this new child labour legislation would be done by hired inspectors who could visit factories at anytime to ensure compliance to the rules. In 1819, Robert Owen’s appeals would help in passing a bill to prohibit child labour called the “Cotten Mills and Factories Act of 1819”. Although viewed by many of his supporters as a victory, Owen found that many of his key propositions had been scrapped or modified leaving a very vague piece of legislature. One missing point to the act was there was no concrete policy for inspection or enforcement of the few rules that did make it into the bill.Following the disappointing outcome of the bill, Owen moved on to create a more equal society which he would continue to model as a utopian society very similar to that of Charles