During the 19th century only men were allowed to vote, mostly about 80 percent of the population was only working class. There were also large families during the 19th century, which was bad because the wages were very low, during the late 19th century ever since the new industrial revolution it gave middle class people more jobs. Instead of them working in their own houses with their family they worked in factories. It caused a major change for all people. The Industrial Revolution caused child labor during the 19th century. Mostly there were more females working, when the children were working in the textile factories most of them only worked around 12 hours a day.
Unfortunately during that time all the children weren't going to school, they mostly expected to go to the factories to work. In the early 19th century there was a new parliament for child labor. It was a law to ban children under 9 years old from working in the factories. Children who were 13 and over was expected to work no more than 69 hours a week which was according from the article. Fortunately during the 1900 all the way till 1914 the economy was ,more better since there was less unemployment. According to the article there was lesser unemployment till the mid 1970's.
Source from:http://www.localhistories.org/work.html
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| Chldren working in factories |
Unfortunately during that time all the children weren't going to school, they mostly expected to go to the factories to work. In the early 19th century there was a new parliament for child labor. It was a law to ban children under 9 years old from working in the factories. Children who were 13 and over was expected to work no more than 69 hours a week which was according from the article. Fortunately during the 1900 all the way till 1914 the economy was ,more better since there was less unemployment. According to the article there was lesser unemployment till the mid 1970's.
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| Child Labor in factories |
Source from:http://www.localhistories.org/work.html
Such an interesting subject and a great blog! Question: I once read that 19th century British factory workers were reading Godwin's novel, Caleb Williams - and that they pooled their money together in order to purchase a copy. Any thoughts on self-education for working class men and women 19th century Britian?
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