The Industrial Revolution: Impact On Married Women

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Another impact was that women were forced to work. This increased the mortality rate of infants were they were sent to wet nurses to care after the but their nourishment was affected, it was more important for the family to survive than the life of the infant. Married women had the responsibility of the household, care for her children and husband and be able to work to contribute in the family fund. Children were exposed at an early age to the workplace, if the infant survived to an older age, they would take responsibility to bring money to the house, by the age of ten, children were able to work. Nothing prohibited someone from working, the most important thing on their mind was a subsistence. The Industrial Revolution was a great impact