Malden Mills

Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, women and children alike fought for equal rights and pay. Both groups, ironically, worked in the most horrific, unimaginable working conditions known to man. Women like Florence Kelley, would not stand for the horrendous conditions society placed in front of them. However, the fight against detrimental working conditions was a difficult battle to overcome. Kelly's campaign speech united women to fight for themselves and children when battling…

The industrial revolution had a great impact on the job market; there had suddenly become an abundance of job openings in cities all around the country. The Encarta’s artist rendition of this industrial plant portrays a factory centered at the heart of the city. Factories began sprouting up in cities all over. (Document #3) Factories that produced consumer goods such as clothing or other cloth items became very popular after James Hargreaves invention of the spinning jenny in 1764. James…

We’ve probably all seen General Mills’ new Cheerios commercial, where the company announces that its cereal is now gluten-free for the enjoyment of people with celiac disease or who cannot or do not consume gluten. It looks like they’re taking some of their word back. A Mix Up in the Oat-Flour System The company is voluntarily recalling just about 1.8 million boxes of their ‘gluten-free’ original and Honey Nut Cheerios due to the possible presence of wheat in the cereal, as announced this Monday…

Consequences of Industrialization After the Civil War, the American economy was growing more and more and industrialized. The three most significant consequences of the industrialization of the American economy after the Civil War were new inventions, transportations, and capitalism. One of the most significant consequences of the industrialization were new inventions. New inventions allowed people to do things more efficiently than before (class lecture). Materials such as steel was stronger…

Since 1938, federal labor laws have left out child farm workers from labor protections given to other working children. Unlike most other jobs, children over the age of 12 can legally work in agriculture if they have their parent’s permission and are working on the same farm as their parents. Children are allowed to work in the fields at very young ages, for many hours a day. Because of this, hundreds of thousands of U.S. children work in agriculture. Many of the workers haven’t been allowed…

These excerpts tell us that the people of England during the Industrial Revolution valued honest labor. They worked long hours (10-12 hours a day) in order to feed their families. Idlers and vagabonds were executed by the state. Work at this period of time was by hand and an introduction of machinery received massive rejection as it meant that people were going to lose their jobs. Formal education of kids was for the privileged few whereas the majority learned as they worked. Child labor was…

The advent of the industrial revolution affected the average worker in many negative ways, and yet many people either did not realize the horrendous treatment that the workers, mainly child laborers, endured, or chose to turn their nose to the vile treatment in the name of profit and luxury. Factory workers had to endure harsh treatment in their jobs, were forced to live in terrible housing, and many people turned their noses to it all for their own selfish needs. Child laborers in factories…

Several philosophers such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Charles Webb, all rationalized that, “children worked under deplorable conditions and were being exploited by the industrialists.” These children worked in what they described as “dark satanic mill(s)”, where they were subjected to long hours, rare to no breaks, extremely low wages, and stuffy poorly lit factories, with neither adult supervision nor safety precautions. (Tuttle 2006)1. Children were deprived of their childhoods, due to the…

Introduction: Technology has negative effect on people because the workers were not protected at all in the factories. Also with the population rapidly growing people needed somewhere to stay and the rent was so high they had a bunch of people in a small bedroom. Now that people are stressing about work they are beginning to go to the pubs more and alcoholism began . The industrial revolution has mostly negative effects because of the bad working conditions, low wages for working long hours,…

The Industrial Revolution was the quick development of industry during the late 18th and 19th centuries in Britain that was brought about by advances in machinery. This revolution did bring about quicker transportation, cheaper clothes and well-built houses but these benefits are surpassed by the negative effects such as inhumane working conditions, death of workers and an immense amount of people who had to live in slums. According to Document 1, children began working at ages as young as ten…