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    Leslie Chang Factory Girls

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    beneficial that many people can find jobs in factories, the conditions that they must endure and the pay that they receive are horrendous. Harmful toxins, strenuous labor, and illicit employers are just the beginning; because of this, first world consumers often feel guilt when buying something such as the new iPhone or Samsung Galaxy. The question is, is migrating and working in awful factory conditions ultimately…

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    I do not think that the English Textile factories were a good place for the health of the working class, because it was not a safe environment, there were a lot of little kids working machines, the workers of all ages worked for very long periods of time a day (5 am to like 10+pm), and also they got beaten at the factories. The English Textile factories were horrible with the health of their workers, kids of the age of 5 and older were working and they would hurt themselves or even others on…

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    textile factories were very bad for the health of working class families. The documents A and D were the ones that were telling the truth and how horrible it is to work in these factories. And documents B and C were the ones really lying a lot about how bad the working conditions were for the innocent children Alright, since I believe these factories were very bad back then documents A and D have the correct information that I’m going to need. It states that the people in the factories couldn't…

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    1. The factory system was better than the domestic system because more objects were produced in a smaller amount of time. There were only so many people in a house to get a job done and with the “machinery” they had, it took awhile for projects to be finished. It was explained that “Work done at home – hence the “domestic” in the title – was slow and laborious” (Trueman). This shows how work took awhile to do and you had to be skilled to be able to produce anything. In the factory system, there…

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    support their family, since food was the main concern. Getting a job at the Shirtwaist Factory was a desired position, reson being that the factory was “modern”. As much as the factory was considered “modern” for its time, the environment was horrendous, and the government wouldn't intervene. The women were basically slaves to Max Blanck and Isaac Harris who were immigrants from Europe and have made the Shirtwaist Factory successful.…

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    Industrial Revolution, Japanese silk factories were very popular jobs for most women. The Industrial Revolution was the widely expanded production of machine-made goods that commenced in England in the mid 1700’s. Japan and England weren’t the only places being affected by the revolution, the United States and continental Europe were affected as well. Japan didn’t industrialize until more than a century after it arrived in Europe. Women working in the factory faced many hardships along with a…

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    and noise above 80 decibels, in year 2013, factory floors at the American manufacturing facilities accounted for 12.5% of the total gross domestic product. US manufacturing has come a long way, from cotton and Tabaco production in 1800 to modern day airplanes of the 20th century. Last two decades have seen unprecedented growth in automation in manufacturing facilities, however, internet of things (IoT) will be a new revolution to promote smart factory culture, moreover, as per the “Converging…

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    Factory farming is heavily prevalent in todays society. Most nearly all of the meat and by products of animals come from animals raised in factories, robbing them of living and fulfilling a full life. I one hundred percent agree with Blake Hurst that “only ‘industrial farming’ of meat can possibly see the demand for an increasing population and increased demand for food as a result of growing incomes”. The world today is growing at a way too rapid pace for natural production of animals. The days…

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    Shirtwaist Factory. The women work their long hours in the horrible conditions that were provided for them. The men hovered over them and analyzed the women's every move. At the end of the shift the women were to stand in a single file line to have their purses checked, to ensure that they were not stealing from the factory. Little did the people know that on this Saturday something would happen that would not only change the lives of the workers, but also began a change for most of the…

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    Factory life during the Industrial Revolution was unhealthy and an utterly disgusting environment unsuitable for children, not only for the dangerous equipment, but also for the insufficient ability to tend to and take care of the children, even forcing and expecting them to lie in some circumstances. For example, one interview stated, ¨When I was a surgeon in the infirmary, accidents were very often admitted to the infirmary, through the children's hands and arms having being caught in the…

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