describe the steps taken through laws to improve the condition of industrial worker qnd what is the impact of the industrial revolution on the lives of women and children?( in 8 marks )
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Working conditions during the Industrial Revolution were beyond harsh. This was especially true for women and children. The Industrial Revolution is a term that refers to the profound advances in production, manufacturing, and other fields of engineering that took place between the late 18th century and mid-19th century.
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The steps taken through laws to improve the condition of industrial worker are as follows:-
- In 1819, laws were passed that prohibited the employment of children below nine years in factories. It also limited working hours for children between the age of 9-16 to 12 hours a day.
- Another act, the Act of 1833, states that children under the age of nine were permitted to work only in the silk factories.
- There was the Mines Commission which was set up in 1842. This commission revealed that conditions of workers in mines had become worse, because more children were working in coal mines.
- An act in 1842 named as the Mines and Collieries Act put a ban on children under 10 and women from working in underground mines.
- In 1847, Fielder’s Factory Act stated that children under eighteen and women can not work more than ten hours a day.
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