Mary Ann Cotton

The Industrial Revolution at the turn of the twentieth century had been marked by millions of immigrants coming to America and getting jobs in factories. But these workers were given little pay and horrible working conditions. But they had taken a stand and began the age of labor movement. Workers across America made efforts to get things like better wages and working conditions, using methods from strikes to riots to achieve those goals. However, the wealthy and the U.S. government tried to put…

The Lowell factories employed an estimate of 8,000 textile workers. In this place the name of the “mill girls” became the most common when referring to the factory. Many girls viewed this employment as a perception of freedom. During that era, it was rare for a woman to make her own money, and have educational opportunities, but the Lowell mills changed that for them. During the Lowell Mill times, everyone had their own different perspectives about the mills. Even though they were given…

English textile factories could kill people. They are not good at all and a lot of people got injured working in them including children and adults. How could people work in an environment where it is hard to breathe or where people were losing body parts like hands and fingers? Many of the workers got diseases and become ill however then they got others sick. The people who worked at the factories would completely disagree with what the people outside the factory said but the factories were bad…

After reading the past few chapters from Schwartz- Cowan and listening to the class discussions, I would have to agree that the overall main idea being pushed is that the industrialization period lead to efficiency in household mothers lives however did not lead to less work in their lives. While inventions of the industrialization period such as automobiles, stoves, running water, electricity and more made our lives more efficient and more accessible to things it also added a lot more work for…

labor has been a serious issue since the Industrial Revolution era. Child labor has exploited children to dangerous things in many different ways, and in many different places such as working in Cotton Mills. Cotton mills were the first places to use child labor during the Industrial Revolution. As cotton mills grew greatly, businesses were in need of workers and children were ideal employees for workers. The reason being, because they were nimble, and they could do a lot of things some of the…

The industrialization period was a time of anguish for the working class. Though many disagree whether or not these were troubling times for the workers, the statistics show that many laborers were unhappy with their working conditions and saw them unfit. These troubling times were caused in part by the working conditions, wages, and unsafe living conditions. The state of working conditions played a major part in the suffering of the working class. Most workers would work sixty hour weeks,…

Children were and are still being put through dangerous and unhealthy conditions when working in fields and factories. They are missing an education and some workers are 4-5 years old. According to Child Labor, in the 1900, one in six children were employed full time, and more than 1,750,000 children were involved in child labor. Today the numbers are down but the conditions are still horrific for many children in the United States and many other countries. Some of the dangers children face in…

The industrial revolution was a period of important changes. Josephine Cochrane, Charles Townshend, James Watt and Josiah Wedgewood were fundamental to process and machinery innovations. Josephine Cochrane was born in1839, Ohio. Cochrane’s husband, a prosperous politician, required his household to host many dinner parties. Over-worked staff often chipped expensive dishes during events. Cochrane observed that inefficient dish-washing was harsh on fine china. Cochrane, widowed at 45, was left…

Children Labor. During the 1900s child labor had begun to rise, children had started to become more and more involved in factories, due to their smaller size allowing them to move through smaller spaces, and also they were able to pay them extremely less than adults, this forced children ages 15 and under to work for extremely low wages, and for sometimes shifts as long as 13hours per day, most child labors worked to help support their families, but by doing this they are forfeiting their…

Some people believe that the Industrial Revolution was a positive change in that lifetime; while they are not wrong, they are not entirely right either. The Industrial Revolution had its ups and downs. But the downs of the revolution caught many people’s attention. Yes, the Revolution gave people new jobs, new ways of keeping them safe and brought growth to cities. Long working hours, the child labor issue, and the lack of education were a few of the negatives, yet where the profound realities…