Question

9.1. What were the working conditions of women and children in England?
9.2. How Did the Children and Women work in the Cotton Industry?​

Answer 1

Answer: 1

Women's Work

Women's WorkThe Industrial Revolution afforded women new opportunities and at the same time exposed them to new dangers. Generally, women who worked during the Industrial Revolution did so out of necessity. During this time, many countries did not have welfare programs to aid the poor. Working was a matter of surviving. This was especially true for single women.

Answer: 2

Women and children helped to harvest and prepare the flax, spun it into yarn to be woven or sold, and wound yarn onto bobbins. Women were responsible for domestic tasks such as childcare, cooking and cleaning, and spun when they had spare time.