Women and Children Industrial Revolution
<Tab/>For many English families in the 1800's, the main source of income was home business, or the cottage industry, in which people produced goods in their homes. Few products could be manufactured by this industry, and as a result, powerful, mass-producing machines were developed to assist in the need for faster production rates. These often massive machines could not be placed in homes, leading to the use of factories, which were ran by numerous laborers. The need for skilled workers resulted in the requirement of education for the…
